DevRel Weekly - Issue 184 - Tis the Season for Surveys

Welcome! 👋

Tis the season for surveys
And all through the 'net
Come requests for more input
Along with deadlines we can't forget.

I hope you've been having a good week, DevRel Weekly fam! Here's to another week of great resources, newly released guides, and more from your fellow DevRel professionals.

Best,
Mary (@mary_grace)
DevRel Weekly Patreon

Tidbits 🕔

DevRel Advice Column

✨Hello Tech Twitter✨

I'm looking for some Tweet-sized explanations into what makes Developer Relation jobs tick (Developer Advocate etc) and if you found the role more or less technical than you expected.Thank you!

-Mike Smith

Don't Overwhelm Your Community

In the initial stages of your community, do not create more than 2 to 3 groups or categories for users to talk in.

Too many options make it difficult to choose from and increase the chances of being left with dead channels.

-Glynk

5 tips to stay updated as a Developer Advocate

Looking for ways to stay up-to-date on what's happening in the DevRel industry? Pratim has some tips!

Good documentation = good DX = increased adoption

Documentation allows users to understand and connect with your API smoothly.

Well constructed documentation ensures a good developer experience, which is critical for increasing the adoption of your API.

-RapidAPI - click through to read the full thread with lots of tips and tricks!

Tangibles 🤓

Hanging up my Boarding Passes and Jetlag…for now

Interested in how other Advocates are approaching travel as more conferences are starting to open up to in-person events? Read this article from Robin Moffatt to see how his perspective has changed and what he's focused on now.

This Simple Hack Will Increase Chances of Your Community Members Following Guidelines

The last thing we ever want to do is nag our community members to follow the guidelines of our community platform. And yet, it's sometimes necessary to remind people of our expectations. Gesche Haas can empathize, and has written a blogpost sharing some lessons learned.

Storytime 📚

Common Room

Common Room is the intelligent community growth platform that helps you deepen relationships, build better products, and drive business value. Discover what’s most important, nurture key personas, measure program impact, and collaborate across your organization. Ready to get started? Sign up for free at commonroom.io/signup

Storytime 📚

DevRel Podcasts and Videos

How Data Improves Marketing and Community Management with Rachel Happe - What Gets Measured
Sustainability, Accessibility and DevRel with Sara Faatz - The Humans of DevOps
Hiring is not hazing by Aja Hammerly (video)
Breaking into DevRel as Beginner (Twitter Space)
Building DevRel Strategy with Sean Falconer - The DevRelX Podcast
The Most Common Frustrations for Community Professionals with Jenny Weigle - Peers over Beers
Company alignment: do or die by James Parton (video)
How to Build a Community from Scratch with Maria Ogneva - Peers over Beers
Community-Led Growth with Fernando Amaral - Ungated Marketing
Understanding and approaching developer communities in smaller regions by Shedrack Akintayo (video)
Supercharge your DevRel Career with Jessica West, Sarah Thiam, and Shuba Swaminathan (video)

One from the Archives 📰

Syndicating Developer Content

Syndication tends to be a bit of a black box, but Karl Hughes is here to help out. Want to know when syndication could be helpful and how to do it properly? Check out this evergreen blogpost.

Events 📆

DevRel Events

When was the last time you talked to someone about something you are both passionate about? Conferences and events are great places to start those conversations and find new connections. Come and see if there’s an event coming up near you or online that’ll help you make those connections.

Jobs 👩‍💻

Developer Advocate

Raycast makes work frictionless. We're looking for our first Developer Advocate to grow, inspire and empower our community of 4k+ developers. Our community is at the center of our strategy. Developers have built more than 250 extensions with our Extensions API. You'll start hands-on and tackle our most pressing issues. Later, you'll build and lead our Developer Relations team as we grow to support our community even more.

Developer Relations Engineer

At Seaplane, we are building the future of cloud development. We are looking for a DevRel engineer to join our team. You will be the face of Seaplane towards the developer community. Growing our global audience through code, community-building events, and working directly with developers to highlight the newest solutions in distributed systems across cloud markets.

Senior Developer Advocate

Battle Big Tech! Vultr is the independent cloud alternative to AWS, GCP, and Azure. As our Senior Developer Advocate, you'll be the 'face' of Vultr to the developer community, and will be responsible for rich storytelling and content regarding our platform, with special emphasis on Kubernetes, high performance cloud infrastructure, and managed databases.

Jobs 👩‍💻

Developer Relations Jobs

If you're looking for a new job this spring, make sure our ever-growing collection of Developer Relations and Community Manager jobs is your first stop!