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Developer, Advocate!

By : Geertjan Wielenga
Book Image

Developer, Advocate!

By: Geertjan Wielenga

Overview of this book

What exactly is a developer advocate, and how do they connect developers and companies around the world? Why is the area of developer relations set to explode? Can anybody with a passion for tech become a developer advocate? What are the keys to success on a global scale? How does a developer advocate maintain authenticity when balancing the needs of their company and their tech community? What are the hot topics in areas including Java, JavaScript, "tech for good," artificial intelligence, blockchain, the cloud, and open source? These are just a few of the questions addressed by developer advocate and author Geertjan Wielenga in Developer, Advocate!. 32 of the industry's most prominent developer advocates, from companies including Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, open up about what it's like to turn a lifelong passion for knowledge sharing about tech into a rewarding career. These advocates run the gamut from working at large software vendors to small start-ups, along with independent developer advocates who work within organizations or for themselves. In Developer, Advocate!, readers will see how developer advocates are actively changing the world, not only for developers, but for individuals and companies navigating the fast-changing tech landscape. More importantly, Developer, Advocate! serves as a rallying cry to inspire and motivate tech enthusiasts and burgeoning developer advocates to get started and take their first steps within their tech community.
Table of Contents (36 chapters)
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Index
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Traits needed to be a good speaker

Yakov Fain: Firstly, you have to be an outgoing person in general and secondly, you should be a friendly person. You should not be afraid to speak to one person, or two, or three; that's a minimum requirement.

If you have no problem in that area, then you need to try preparing a talk and delivering it in front of a large group of people. The best place is a local meetup. These meetups are usually looking for speakers. You don't have to be a high-profile person at all. You can pick up an interesting topic from the software industry, spend your time researching it, and then you can say that you know the topic well.

It doesn't matter how many people show up to hear you speak. If you can speak in front of five people, it's progress. Usually, these days, people use video recordings. This wasn't the case 20 years ago, but right now, how many people are physically present at a meetup is not very important because the organizers often post...