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Show how you think
Posts, comments, and challenge entries are public, dated, and tied to your name. People can see how you reason and explain, not just which tools you list.
Write · build · get found
Your DEV profile is your developer CV
A résumé tells people what you can do. Your DEV profile shows them: the posts you’ve written, the projects you’ve shipped, the communities you belong to, and the questions you’ve helped answer. It’s public, it’s yours, and it fills in as you participate.
Proof of work, in public
When anyone can generate a polished résumé in seconds, a track record that’s hard to fake is what stands out.
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Get found where people look
DEV posts are public and searchable. When someone looks for who has written clearly about a problem, in a search engine or an AI assistant, your post can be the answer, with your profile one click away.
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Let it compound
Posts keep getting read long after you publish them. Streaks, badges, pinned posts, and organizations add up to a profile that tells your story at a glance.
Anatomy of a DEV profile
Every part of this example is a real profile feature, numbered to match the notes on setting up your own.
AWS Community Builders
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Brand color
Paints the banner across the top of your profile and the strip on your profile card.
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Name, bio, and links
The first thing people read. Keep the bio to one clear line, then add your location and website. Accounts you’ve connected, like GitHub, appear as icons.
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Education, pronouns, and work
A row under your bio that says what you do and how to refer to you.
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Badges
Awarded for writing streaks, standout posts and comments, challenge entries, and years on DEV. Repeat wins show a count. You can’t add them yourself, which is why they count.
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Organizations
The companies and communities you belong to. Ask an org admin for its secret code to join, or create a new one.
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GitHub repositories
Connect GitHub, then pin the repos you’re proudest of. Each one shows its description, language, and stars.
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Skills, projects, and availability
Short fields for Skills/Languages, Currently learning, Currently hacking on, and Available for. Fill in the ones that fit, and each gets its own card.
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Pinned posts
Put up to five of your best posts at the top of your profile with Pin to profile. Your post, comment, and tag counts update on their own.
Three profiles, three paths
There’s no single right way to build a profile. These examples lean on different features, and each tells a clear story.
The builder
Priya Raman
@priyabuilds
Learns by shipping. Weekend projects, small useful tools, and honest write-ups of what broke along the way.
GitHub Repositories
tripsplit
Offline-first expense splitter for group trips · TypeScript · 214 stars
Enters a DEV Challenge every month or two and writes up each build. Every entry earns a completion badge, and one of them won.
- Challenge badges
- Pinned GitHub repos
- Currently hacking on
The writer
Marcus Okafor
@marcuswrites
Making Kubernetes and Postgres less scary, one diagram at a time.
Pinned
Kubernetes for people who hate YAML
A six-part series · 1.2k reactions across the series
AWS Community Builders
Publishes once a week and collects posts into series. A Top 7 feature and a 16-week streak tell readers this is someone who explains things well and keeps showing up.
- Pinned posts
- Series
- Writing streaks
The community lead
Sofia Lindqvist
@sofial
Accessibility advocate and mentor. New here? Say hi in the Welcome Thread. I read it every week.
Available for
Mentoring, conference talks, and accessibility reviews.
Google Developer Experts
Google Developer Experts
Comments far more than posts, and the comments carry weight. Two thousand helpful replies, a 32-week wellness streak, and a GDE affiliation all show up on one profile.
- Comment badges
- Organizations
- Available for
Badges are earned, not typed in
They appear when you write, comment, and build, so they mean something. Here are some you can start on this week.
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Writing Debut
Publish your first post.
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4 Week Writing Streak
Post at least once a week for four weeks. Keep going for 8 and 16.
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Top 7
Get a post featured in the weekly must-reads.
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Community Favorite 2
Have community curators pick your posts as favorites.
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1 Week Community Wellness Streak
Leave two or more comments in a week. The streak runs to 32 weeks.
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Beloved Comment
Write a comment that earns 25 hearts.
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Warm Welcome
Leave thoughtful replies for newcomers in the weekly Welcome Thread.
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DEV Weekend Challenge Completion
Submit a project to a DEV Weekend Challenge.
Challenges are the fastest way to add proof of work
Every DEV Challenge has its own badge for finishing, and the best entries win prizes. Build something real, write it up, and it stays on your profile. We’ve run 81 so far.
See all challenges
Start with one thing this week
Great profiles aren’t built in a day. Pick one of these, and the rest fills in as you go.
- 01 Fill in your profile Bio, work, skills, and a brand color. It takes about ten minutes.
- 02 Write about something you learned A bug you fixed, a tool you tried, or a lesson from work. Your first post earns Writing Debut.
- 03 Enter a challenge Build something new, earn its badge, and maybe win a prize.
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