Foojay Podcast #59: DevRel Explained!

What do people who have Developer Relations as their job description do? And how do you become a conference speaker? You’ll learn in this Foojay podcast!

At Devoxx in Belgium, I got to talk to Josh Long, Baruch, Pratik Patel, and Roni Dover, who were on the stage because it was part of their job. They shared many tips about being a DevRel and the many tasks involved in such a job.

I also talked with Clo Willaerts, who inspired me many years ago to become a speaker myself when I saw her presentation at a marketing conference.

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Guests

• Clo Willaerts
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/clowillaerts/
  • https://x.com/bnox
  • https://clowillaerts.com/
  • https://clowillaerts.substack.com/
• Josh Long
  • https://x.com/starbuxman
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlong/
• Baruch Sadogursky
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbaruch/
  • https://x.com/jbaruch
• Pratik Patel
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/prpatel/
  • https://x.com/prpatel
• Roni Dover
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronidover/
  • https://x.com/doppleware

Content

00:57 Clo about the difference between marketing and technical conferences

02:49 Impact of ecological cost on our work

04:56 Fast changes in trending topics

07:33 How to get paid as a (keynote) speaker

12:53 Josh about being Developer Relation

14:53 How to reach the energy level of Josh

15:42 Do you have to be an expert about a topic to talk about it?

18:34 How to create a story for a new talk

19:02 Only use slides when really needed

22:29 How hard is live coding?

23:48 Baruch about the DevRel role

24:52 How to move from Dev to DevRel

25:44 The focus of Baruch

27:57 Pratik about the role of a dev team at a conference

29:50 How DevRel influences product development in their company

31:36 How Pratik became a DevRel

32:40 Good and bad of being a DevRel

34:38 Roni about the role of a DevRel

35:54 Importance of using your product (coding) as a DevRel

37:35 Back side of the job

38:43 Tip 1: Ask to be a speaker

39:31 Tip 2: Stand out!

41:01 Tip 3: The show must go on!

42:31 More tips…

48:08 One final tip from Josh

48:16 Outro
Book by Geertjan Wielenga: “Developer, Advocate!”