The AAARRRP #DeveloperRelations #Strategy Framework

https://www.leggetter.co.uk/aaarrrp/

A great read for anyone who isn't sure about what value #DevRel really has at an organization.

> What value is DevRel bringing? DevRel is the only team at your company that can speak the engineer’s language, provide regular feedback to the product team, function as a marketing team, and grow the community as the face of your company.

https://buff.ly/4bncBXu

As of January, I was effectively laid off from my loved Developer Advocate job.

If anyone needs a Swiss army knife with excellent soft skills that work well in a team. That's me.

I would prefer Softwarearchitecture and DevRel again. Everything where I get to work with people would be nice.

If anyone can point me to something or could make an introduction, I would be deeply grateful!

Location: Remote, hybrid (Würzburg and/or train reachable)

It's 2025, and so the blog is officially launched for Talk to Me About Tech! We're kicking off the year with a popular topic: how to promote a technology meetup.

If you're running any kind of #tech event, conference, or user group, this blogpost is for you.

https://buff.ly/40g9OtT

In a Post Developer Relations World: Fix or Fire?
Navigating the evolving landscape of developer relations requires a thoughtful approach. Understand when to fix issues or part ways for growth. #DeveloperRelations #Leadership #devrel

https://isaacl.dev/f8h

What is #DevRel, anyway, and what benefits does it bring your company? This is an interesting write-up for reference that discusses the "Developer Funnel" strategy. "This framework helps you understand and engage dev communities effectively." https://buff.ly/3CHfgha

Summarizing the key points from the article: #DeveloperRelations teams can help you with...
- Acquiring developers
- Developer onboarding and engagement
- Advocacy within the community
- Retaining developers

Great read for #DeveloperRelations. Understand how to:
> Accelerate product-market fit with tight product loops
> Get developers to the “aha” moment in your product & product #marketing can help
> Identify the “aha” moment for your early users
> Build an incredible dev experience, from docs, to #code samples, to product onboarding
> Avoid being “everywhere, all the time” as a young company
> Leverage #OpenSource to drive growth and simultaneously build a #community

https://www.signalfire.com/blog/devrel-for-startups

You probably shouldn't hire a Developer Advocate yet

https://lengrand.fr/you-probably-shouldnt-hire-a-developer-advocate-yet/

@jessie is one of my favourite people in the world - and she has some additional time in her schedule for #DevOps #DeveloperRelations #OpenSource #Strategy work - so if that's the skillset you need, she's the person you want.

#FediHired

https://mastodon.social/@jessie/113040335595143377

I’ve been a regular podcaster for, wow, around 15 (!) years now. More or less…[1]

After some occasional guest appearances early in the run of on a show called “Dogear Nation”, back in 2009 I moved up to a regular slot as a co-host, with my friends (and, at that time, IBM colleagues) Michael Martine and Michael Rowe. That show ran for 200 episodes in total, and then after a short break, the same group of folks (more or less) rebooted as Games at Work dot Biz… and we just released episode 473 of that podcast. There’s no special milestone number there apart from the fact that that’s a lot of weeks we’ve been recording, I was just inspired to mention it on my blog since it hasn’t come up for a long time!

We record Games at Work dot Biz together weekly on a Friday, and release on the Monday. Each week, we talk about what’s new in tech, running through stories and links shared in the preceding week by our listeners and also amongst the three of us co-hosts. We originally focused on the intersection of gaming technology and business productivity tools, but have a broad perspective across all things collaborative, social, immersive, and more (plus, LEGO, because, that’s always cool…!).

You can find us on all podcasting apps – here’s a handy jumping off page to your platform of choice, thanks to Episodes.fm which is a really neat way to reach a podcast on your preferred app. We’re currently having a bit of a challenging time getting all three of us together to record at once, but that’s OK – life happens, and there are different dynamics and topics we tend to get into, depending on which of us is reviewing the week’s links!

I also want to give a shout out to Michael and Michael – two dear friends I’m grateful to have made, with connections we’ve maintained, through all these years. They’ve been huge supporters of the things I’ve done, and I appreciate these two humans a lot. I recorded a solo episode of the podcast back in November with a “Thanksgiving” moment, saying the same thing. Thank you, guys!

If you’re interested, I also sometimes pop up in the monthly Techgrumps shows, although that tends to be determined much more by availability – always a fun one, though, so worth checking out if you want to listen to a bunch of folks getting grumpy / cynical about tech! I’ll try to get back to that one sometime soon.

Finally, I’m also always delighted to be invited to be a guest on other shows! Recently, I’ve recorded a couple – only one of them is available right now, and the other one will arrive when it’s ready! This was a panel conversation about Developer Relations in Open Source – you can find that in audio form as well, or a video is available to watch on YouTube if you prefer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oeRxM1X4U4

[1] well, I’m being a little inaccurate here, as there was a whole swathe of time when I wasn’t able to take part in Games at Work dot Biz, so I (re?)-joined the Michaels as a co-host some way into the run! However, I was also occasionally guesting on the Ubuntu UK Podcast back then. It’s complicated!

https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/07/22/podcast-adventures/

If you're a #developerrelations and you are not already using #artificialintelligence, you may be missing out BIG TIME.

What are your thoughts on this? What about #Drupal? Think about going to the issue queue of a module you maintain, and ask an #AI, hey, fix this issue for me... I personally think that's actually possible right now.

Let's start a conversation in the comments below. #AI #tech #innovation

Automation Advocates Meetup time again for January. You know what that means?

Correct -> Another sketchnote from Dylan Pierce talk about "Replacing your Smoke Test Selectors with AI.

Enjoy!

We're #hiring for the Google Privacy Sandbox #DeveloperRelations team in London. Expertise needed on web, Android, and server-side platforms as we land privacy improvements on all of it. Want to help us say goodbye to third-party cookies & more? Let me know!
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/137751358452179654-developer-relations-engineer-iii-privacy-sandbox

After doing research for my recent talk about Developer Docs I realised why I am sometimes frustrated by writing docs and many do not like to write documentation at all:

The lack of purpose. Sometimes it feels we document because we have to.

I realized that I need to know/define the audience and purpose first. Than writing docs became easier and more fun (than it is for me anyway )

"Visualizing your AAARRP priorities in your DevRel team".

I've struggled to explain decision making in my #devrel team. Visualization has helped a lot to create alignment with stakeholders lately. Here is how we did it

https://lengrand.fr/aaarrp-metrics-as-a-way-to-manage-expectations-up/

Erin and I will be chatting with Jake Ward about how to build healthy and sustainable developer communities as a DevRel professional. Join live on YouTube in just about 15 minutes! #devrel #developerrelations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF8BLAQfmes

Yesterday was meetup time again and this means sketchnoting.

I really enjoyed drawing to the talk of Almantas Karpavičius.