Awesome Developer Advocacy

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What is Awesome Developer Advocacy?

This project continues a trend started by Sindre Sorhus where he created a project to list useful resources for various topics: NodeJS, JVM, Networking, etc.

Awesome Developer Advocacy is a list of useful resources for anyone interested in DevRel. These links aim to help those who are just starting, planning to get involved, or looking to further their skills in the Developer Advocacy field.

Table of Contents

• Books
• Conferences
• Blogs
  • Blogging Series
  • Individual Posts
• Videos
  • Video Channels
  • Individual Videos
• Newsletters
• Podcasts
  • Podcasting Series
  • Individual Episodes
• Community Reports
• Communities
• Consultancy/Training
• Related

Books

• "The Business Value of Developer Relations: How and Why Technical Communities Are Key To Your Success"

  • Author: Mary Thengvall
  • Focus Area: Developer Advocacy
  • Amazon Link

• "Developer Marketing and Relations: The Essential Guide"

  • Author: SlashData
  • Focus Area: Developer Advocacy
  • Amazon Link

• "The Developer Advocacy Handbook"

  • Author: Christian Heilmann
  • Focus Area: Developer Advocacy
  • Free eBook

• "Getting Started in Developer Relations"

  • Author: Sam Julien
  • Focus Area: Developer Advocacy
  • eBook

Conferences

These conferences are great resources for both in-person learning and as a place to watch videos from the events' past editions.

• DevRelCon
• DevRel Summit
• Developer Relations Conference
• DevRel/Asia
• DevRel Conf - Russia

Blogs

Blogging Series

These are the blogs that have been publishing DevRel content continuously rather than as a single post.

• DevRel.net
• Orbit: DevRel Tool - Blog
• DevRel.co
• StephanieMorillo's Blog
• Mary Thengvall's Blog
• DevRel Weekly
• HeavyBit Industries

Individual Posts

These are one-off blog posts on topics related to the DevRel.

• Hello, I am a Developer Advocate

  • Author: Joel Marcey

• Welcome to the Golden Age of Developer Advocacy

  • Author: Chris Trag

• Effective Developer Advocacy for Highly-Technical Projects

  • Author: Chris Trag

• Why Developer Advocacy programs should consider working with partners

  • Author: Max Katz

• Seven Months Later: My Developer Advocacy Journey So Far

  • Author: Bradston Henry

• The Subtle Art of Being A Developer Advocate

  • Author: Wassim Chegham

• What is Developer Advocacy?

  • Author: Ashley Willis

• What the heck is a Developer Advocate?

  • Author: Wassim Chegham

• Decoding Developer Relations in a Blog

  • Author: Manbir Singh Marwah

• Why Do We Pay These People Anyway?

  • Author: Reto Meier

• Defining Developer Relations

  • Author: Phil Leggetter

• I am a developer evangelist - AmAA

  • Author: Rob Spectre

• The road to being a kick-ass public speaker

  • Author: Chris Heilmann

• Managing Time as a Developer Advocate (Without Losing Your Mind)

  • Author: Sam Julien

• A fresher’s guide to DevRel

  • Author: Srushtika Neelakantam

• Sympathy for the DevRel

  • Author: James Governor

• Fly Less, Write More: the future of Developer Relations, and maybe, well, everything else

  • Author: James Governor

• The Accidental Public Speaker or How I Got Over My Fear of Public Speaking

  • Author: Alex Lakatos

• 5 Biggest DevRel Challenges (and how to mitigate them)

  • Author: Mary Thengvall

• Back to Basics: How to DevRel without Travel

  • Author: Jess West

• DevRel metrics and why they matter

  • Author: Sean Falconer

• From Dev to Devrel

  • Author: Justin Garrison

• DevRel Engineer One: Building a Developer Relations Team from The Ground Up

  • Author: Dave Nugent

• The Ultimate DevRel Guide To Travel

  • Author: Luke Oliff

• Developer relations in a coronavirus world: The same, but different

  • Author: Heidi Waterhouse

• Heart or Mind? Community or Business? The DevRel Paradox

  • Author: Akhil Sharma

• How to write a blog post: The four-drafts method

  • Author: Amruta Ranade

• How to measure Developer Relations

  • Author: Max Katz

• DevRel and community building with the Golden Ratio

  • Author: Hayley Denbraver

• Salma’s non-traditional journey into tech and DevRel

  • Author: Salma Alam-Naylor

• How to overcome cultural & language differences and scale a DevRel program

  • Author: Elisha Tan

• My Journey Through DevRel

  • Author: Wesley Faulkner

• Developer marketing KPIs are different from DevRel KPIs

  • Author: SlashData

• My long, winding road to DevRel

  • Author: Jeremy Meiss

• Tips for speaking to college students about DevRel

  • Author: Alvaro Navarro

• Acing the DevRel Interview

  • Author: Aja Hammerly

• Content Strategy for DevRel Teams: A Primer

  • Author: Stephanie Morillo

• DevRel Without Physical Conferences

  • Author: Ben Greenberg

• DevRel Thoughts, Observations, & Ideas

  • Author: Adron Hall

• DevRel: The basics.

  • Author: Pachi Carlson

• How I Write Online Articles

  • Author: John Papa

• 7 Tips for Breaking Into DevRel

  • Author: Nader Dabit

• Developer Evangelism And Coding Jokes With Steven Cooper

  • Author: Sam Jarman

• Building Your Internal Army — DevRelCon London Follow Up

  • Author: Amara Graham

• Iterating on Your Personas

  • Author: Amara Graham

• Developer Communities and Why Your Company Should Care

  • Author: Jeremy Meiss

• 5 Easy Ways to Recognize Who Your Developer Super Fans Are

  • Author: Tessa Kriesel

• 7 tips to launch a career as a developer advocate

  • Author: Sidney Maestre

• Developer Advocacy: Frequently Asked Questions

  • Author: Dustin Ingram

• What is developer evangelism?

  • Author: Sidney Maestre

• Developer Relations at Camunda - 2018 Recap

  • Author: Bernd Ruecker

• Developer Relations: online events and content series

  • Author: Max Katz

• How Community Builders Can Bring Existing Offline Communities Online

  • Author: Yashraj Nayak

• Developer Advocates — DevRelCarousels #3

  • Author: Yashovardhan Agrawal

• Developer Evangelists - DevRelCarousels #4

  • Author: Yashovardhan Agrawal

• Developer Relations + Product - DevRelCarousels #5

  • Author: Yashovardhan Agrawal

• DevRel is like coffee.. and other profundities.

  • Author: Jeremy Meiss

• Following Cooking Recipes Makes You a Clearer Writer

  • Author: Amara Graham

• Where to publish content?

  • Author: Max Katz

• Measuring Success and KPIs in Developer Relations - Community Contributed Outline

  • Author: Tessa Mero

• Strategies for building a successful Community

  • Author: Yash Sharma

• My very own perspective on the DevRel scenery

  • Author: Hans-Peter Grahsl

• Learning About Developer Relations – All Blog Posts From 2020

  • Author: Max Katz

• To Virtual Conference or To Not... That is the question

  • Author: Jess West

• Submit a Talk to GopherCon!

  • Author: Carolyn Van Slyck

• Storytelling On Stage: The Basics

  • Author: Kris Brandow

• How to write a successful conference proposal

  • Author: Karolina Szczur

• How to write a successful conference proposal

  • Author: Dave Cheney

Videos

Video Channels

Video channels dedicated to different areas of DevRel:

• Dev Rel - YouTube Channel
• DevRel.Events - YouTube Channel
• DevRelCon Tokyo - YouTube Channel
• DevRel Asia - YouTube Channel
• DevRel Russia - YouTube Channel
• DerRel Folks - YouTube Channel
• CMX Hub

Individual Videos

Individual videos about DevRel:

• What is a Facebook Open Source Developer Advocate?
  • Author: Cami Williams
• How to become a DevRel?
  • Author: Eddie Jaoude
• Shifting to Online Community: The Future of DevRel
  • Author: Heavybit
• Communicate with Users, Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
  • Author: Y Combinator
  • Participants: Ryan Hoover, Craig Cannon
• [Slashdata Webinar] Segmenting Developers into personas
  • Author: SlashData
• What makes a developer program successful? Answers from Developer Program Leaders Survey
  • Author: SlashData
  • Participants: Richard Muir
• LiveCast: Developer Empathy
  • Participants: Christina Voskoglou, Adam DuVander
• [Webinar Recording] Developer personas and psychographics
  • Author: SlashData
  • Participants: Christina Voskoglou

Newsletters

• Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
  • Twitter: Developer Avocados
• Tech Daily CFP
  • Twitter: Tech Daily CFP

Podcasts

Podcasting Series

• DevRel Radio
• Developer Advocate Stories
• Community Pulse
• Under the Hood of Developer Marketing

Individual Episodes

• Dan Moore went from sci-fi to devrel

  • Podcast: DevJourney
  • Episode: #112
  • Participants: Dan Moore, Tim Bourguignon

• Jason Lengstorf successfully bet on himself for his career

  • Podcast: DevJourney
  • Episode: #104
  • Participants: Jason Lengstorf, Tim Bourguignon

• Obinna Ekwuno on the shift from engineering to the web, Gatsby and the incremental future

  • Podcast: That's My JAMstack
  • Episode: S2E4
  • Participants: Obinna Ekwuno, Bryan Robinson

• Conference Magic with PJ Hagerty

  • Podcast: Greater Than Code
  • Episode: #179
  • Participants: PJ Hagerty, Mandy Moore

• Building Developer Communities

  • Podcast: Ladybug Podcast
  • Episode: #39
  • Participants: Kim Maida, Kelly Vaughn, Ali Spittel, Emma Bostian

• The Truth About Developer Relations with Simona Cotin, Tara Manicsic, Tierney Cyren, and Tracy Lee

  • Podcast: Modern Web
  • Episode: S05E03
  • Participants: Simona Cotin, Tierney Cyren, Tara Manicsic, Tracy Lee

• Devrel: Misconceptions of a Developer Relations Advocate

  • Podcast: Modern Web
  • Episode: S07E5
  • Participants: Tessa Mero, Ben Lesh, Tracy Lee

• Create Value for Others with Nader Dabit

  • Podcast: React Podcast
  • Episode: #44
  • Participants: Nader Dabit, Michael Chan

• People Problems with Austin Parker of Lightstep

  • Podcast: O11YCAST
  • Episode: #28
  • Participants: Austin Parker, Charity Majors

• Marshmallows and Tutus – Building Communities that Thrive with Katy Farmer

  • Podcast: Observy McObservface
  • Episode: #39
  • Participants: Katy Farmer, Jonan Scheffler

• Open Source Lessons Learned with Zeno Rocha

  • Podcast: Changelog
  • Episode: #248
  • Participants: Zeno Rocha, Adam Stacoviak

• DevRel best practices and building intuitive products

  • Podcast: Semaphore Uncut
  • Episode: N/A
  • Participants: Eddie Zaneski, Darko Fabijan

• DevRel Content Creation with Stephanie Wong from Google Cloud

  • Podcast: Semaphore Uncut
  • Episode: N/A
  • Participants: Stephanie Wong, Darko Fabijan

Community Reports

Community reports help understand the state of the developer community in different areas.

• State of DevRel Report
  • 2020
• State of Developer Nation - Slashdata, all years
• StackOverflow Developer Survey
  • 2020

Communities

• DevRel Collective
• DevRelX

Consultancy/Training

• Hoopy DevRel Consultancy
• DevRelate

Related

• DevRel Tools List