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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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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index
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Keeping things simple

Adam Bien: Yes, I'm just a developer, so I try to find the simplest possible solutions. I'm not very interested in investigating frameworks just for the sake of it. If you go to a bakery, the bakery isn't playing with five million different tools just because the old flour became too boring after a while.

Geertjan Wielenga: Although, to extend that metaphor, could there not be developments in the flour world that mean the baker might want to experiment with the latest things?

Adam Bien: Yes, but the baker should just focus on baking better bread and not on evaluating exciting ovens. I have the feeling that we are driven by companies to evaluate frameworks. Netflix, Google, and Facebook have different problems than, I would say, 80 percent of enterprises that most developers are working for. There is a gap there; we shouldn't try to apply nuclear fusion to baking bread!

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