After Pulse: DevRel at the Foundation

As companies are starting to realize that Developer Relations can be a competitive advantage, we’ve been noticing more and more job descriptions for Developer Advocates or DevRel Professionals who are the first non-engineering hire at early-stage startups. But when you’re an early hire working alongside the founder and a few engineers, what does your role look like? How is it different from joining a company as employee #30, 120, or even 1432?

Mary, SJ, and Wesley chat with David G Simmons, Taylor Barnett, and Aydrian Howard to talk about being DevRel number one.

Checkouts
Aydrian Howard

• Party Corgi Network

Taylor Barnett

• Why Fish Don’t Exit

David Simmons

• Stop sending me “Ewww, David!” Memes, please and thank you
• Dr Tatiana’s Sec Advice to All Creation

SJ Morris

• Schitt’s Creek
• Flyless Dev Community

Wesley Faulkner

• Insulting your employees is costing you money

Mary Thengvall

• Hot Ones

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

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Special Guests: Aydrian Howard, David G. Simmons, and Taylor Barnett.