In this episode, James shares all the juicy details about Developer Relations / Developer Advocacy / Technical Evangelism and all the things that happen behind the scenes.

Sponsors

ZEAL

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

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Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
2:50 "Not" Parenting Rant
3:56 Spending Time with Remix
5:14 Remix vs Next.js
7:09 Remix vs Next.js Article
9:01 How James Got His First Developer Advocacy Role
12:10 Sponsor: Vercel
13:18 Working at Microsoft as a Technical Evangelist
18:17 Why Content Creation is Important
19:54 Difference Between Technical Evangelism and Developer Advocacy
22:05 Tech Is More Than Just Software Development
23:00 Sponsor: DatoCMS
23:54 Moving to New York City
24:50 The Impact of Student Hackathons
27:22 James Meets Tom Holland
31:04 Learn Build Teach
31:28 Speaking in Public
34:20 Sponsor: ZEAL
35:05 Technical Experience at FedEx
40:10 Transitioning Back to Developer Advocacy
42:23 Downside of Developer Advocacy
47:34 Grab Bag Questions
47:46 What are two challenges faced by developer advocates?
42:10 What has been the hardest challenge when building a community and how did you address it? What do you like the most and the least about Developer Advocacy?
55:44 What advice would you give to become a Developer Advocate?
56:36 How much time do you spend building stuff versus marketing versus documentation?
58:14 Picks and Plugs
52:24 James's Pick: Ryobi Battery Powered Weed-Eater
1:00:10 James's Pick: James Q Quick on YouTube
01:00:21 Amy's Pick - Book: Story Worthy
01:01:15 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on Twitch