DevRel Weekly - Issue 154 - New frameworks, good practices, and global approaches

Welcome! 👋

Happy DevRel Weekly day, everyone! This past week started a few weeks of vacation for me, which is exactly what I need to rest, refuel, and come back ready to hit the ground running for the fall. If you haven't had an opportunity to take time off recently, I'd encourage you to find that time! As my manager said to me, you need more than just a few long weekends to truly disconnect from work and relax. Whether you're staying at home and binging Ted Lasso (which I (and Jenny Weigle) highly recommend doing!), venturing out on a solo camping trip, investing in hobbies, or something else entirely, it's important to take time for yourself.

If you're still going strong at work, more power to you! It's exciting to be part of a program where you're energized and engaged, ready to keep going because you're fueled by the work that you're doing on a daily basis.

No matter which end of the range you're at, this issue of DevRel Weekly is sure to be helpful for you. New frameworks, good practices, and global approaches await! Let's dig in.

Best,
Mary (@mary_grace)
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Tidbits 🕔

DevRel Is More Than Writing Code

There was a resurgence of "what is Developer Relations?" tweets this week, but this one stood out to me in particular:

Developer Relations involves a lot more than writing code.

DevRel is:
- building relationships and fostering trust
- collecting and relaying feedback to other teams
- helping people work through challenges
- inspiring people to build
- building tools to empower

-Harun Mbaabu Mwenda

Don't Miss Out

If community's a fit for your business, and you're not thinking about it, that's a big missed opportunity.

Community Twitter is here to help you climb aboard the community train (choo, choo!) and built it meaningfully 💕🚆

-Noele Flowers

Be Open to Suggestions

Ask for feedback on your community and be open to suggestions to enhance your community management strategy 🚀

Demonstrate that your members' opinions matter to you, which will encourage members to contribute to the community and build advocacy Ask for feedback on your community and be open to suggestions to enhance your community management strategy 🎤

-hivebrite

Tangibles 🤓

The Developer Journey Map

Caroline Lewko and James Parton have released a new Developer Journey Map which you can be sure I'll be looking at more closely as soon as I'm back from vacation! They've mapped out the path most developers take and the internal touchpoints associated with them, from discovery to evaluation, learning, building, and scaling. Take a look at this new resource to see what gaps you may have and where you can improve the experience for your community.

Global Communities Require Global Approaches

If your community members are spread out around the world, your approach must be global as well. Marjorie Anderson gives tips on how to strategize for global participation and engagement in her recent blogpost. The suggestion that resonated the most with me: put the power back in the hands of your community members to show you where the gaps are.

Nerds Don't Respond To Marketing; Try Technical Documentation Instead

"Developers hate marketing" is an oft-used trope in tech companies, and while that's a ~~conversation~~ debate worth having at another time, the secondary premise that Portia brings up in this article is valid: Well-written documentation can be a solid part of the sales and marketing funnel since it delivers an excellent developer experience.

Storytime 📚

How to Write a Technical Tutorial

At Draft.dev we write a lot of technical tutorials for software engineers. This guide explains the benefits of tutorials and tips for writing them.

Storytime 📚

DevRel Podcasts and Videos

Community Camp Videos - Fireside chats and panels recorded from Community Camp 2021
Reddit Used for a Brand B2B Community - Peers over Beers
Beating Imposter Syndrome with Adrienne Tacke - Dev Ops Radio
Developer Advocacy from Nuxt to React with Debbie O’Brien - Enjoy the Vue
The New Era of Building Communities by Rich Millington (video)

Events 📆

DevRel Events

From small online gatherings and casual get-togethers to major industry events and certified training sessions, no matter what type of event you're looking for, you can likely find it here!

Jobs 👩‍💻

Developer Advocate

Aiven provides managed open-source data technologies on all major clouds. We are looking for Developer Advocates, Developer Educators and Technical Writers to join our DevRel team. We have offices in Helsinki, and Berlin, however we are hiring for this position remotely in several countries all over Europe additionally to Germany and Finland. You will be empowering and enabling developers everywhere to take advantage of the best open source database technologies, preparing and delivering content for industry events, meetups, our own webinars and creating engaging demos and documentation. Contact us for more details!

Developer Advocate

At Stream, our DevRels combine engineering excellence with community outreach. If you’d like to join our growing team of talented engineers, check out our open positions.

Developer Relations Engineer - Croquet

The job will involve writing sample apps, troubleshooting the work of our customers, and providing general developer support. The ideal candidate has professional experience with JavaScript coding and the wider JS ecosystem. They are familiar with web development tools and bundlers, and they understand what’s required to release production-quality web apps.

Jobs 👩‍💻

Developer Relations Jobs

We have never had this many jobs in our collection before and they just keep coming! If you are interested come check it out.