I wouldn’t agree that to get into Developer Relations you need to be an accomplished developer (or technologist). Many smaller startups hire folks with a very specific skillset (streaming, blogging) and help them grow in DevRel. Maybe it’s a matter of aspirations - if you want your first DevRel job to be at a global corporation or even a company with a great DevRel team then, sure, the qualifications required are often very demanding. However, I feel that the problem is not with DevRel but any role in those companies in general.
DevRel as a field is still undefined. Some teams require their advocates to build SDKs and some require almost no coding at all. Some expect you to be a tech influencer and some don’t mind if you’re behind-the-scenes.
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I wouldn’t agree that to get into Developer Relations you need to be an accomplished developer (or technologist). Many smaller startups hire folks with a very specific skillset (streaming, blogging) and help them grow in DevRel. Maybe it’s a matter of aspirations - if you want your first DevRel job to be at a global corporation or even a company with a great DevRel team then, sure, the qualifications required are often very demanding. However, I feel that the problem is not with DevRel but any role in those companies in general.
DevRel as a field is still undefined. Some teams require their advocates to build SDKs and some require almost no coding at all. Some expect you to be a tech influencer and some don’t mind if you’re behind-the-scenes.