Developing communities is a podcast hosted by developer advocate Mackenzie Jackson and growth manager Alexandre Savigny.
Together we discuss emerging trends and talk with experts in developer relationships to unpack this growing field.
Episode 13: A developer's tale - Moving from developer to advocate in a high growth start-up
In this episode, we chat with Advocate Extraordinaire Tim Carry. Today Tim is the developer advocate at Content Squared but prior he was one of the first employees at Algolia, now a huge thriving leader in search technology, Tim is also a speech coach for developers looking to get better at presentations. We take a dive through Tims journey and how he ended up in DevRel despite not knowing it existed as a career, to begin with.
Developer communities is a podcast hosted by Alex Savigny from Circle CI and Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian to unpack more about how to thrive in developer relations.
7 Apr 2022
Episode 12: Sustainability in DevRel with Julien Lengrand-Lambert
In this episode we welcome Julien Lengrand-Lambert a developer advocate at Adyen in the Netherlands to discuss if DevRel and engineering can become sustainable. Julien provides great insights into this subject and also shares with us his journey into DevRel.
14 Feb 2022
Episode 11: DevRel in Africa - The unique challenges of developer experience in Kenya with Anthony Kiplimo
In this episode, we dive into being in DevRel in Kenya and in the African continent as a whole with Anthony Kiplimo. Anthony previously worked as a developer advocate for Africas talking and now is working in developer experience in Elarian. Anthony brings some incredible insights into the unique challenges he faces in DevRel.
14 Dec 2021
Episode 10: From business growth to DevRel and the lessons along the way with Joyce Lin
Joyce Lin is the head of developer relations at Postman, a company that needs no introductions. Joyce shares with us her very interesting journey into DevRel, leaving behind a career in business growth to end up in a famous intensely developer-focused company. This conversation covers everything from what led her to make that transitions, getting success from live streams and what we can do to reduce the gender gap in tech.
Follow Joyce onTwitter at @PetuniaGray
22 Nov 2021
Episode 9 - Lessons from a decade of DevRel
In this episode, we talk to Philippe Ozil a developer advocate at Salesforce. We learn about Philippes decade long experience in the field of DevRel and we go into details about what it is like being an advocate in a large company.
2 Nov 2021
Episode 8: Advocating for the future of tech with Christopher Maneu
In episode 10 we welcome back Alexandre and talk to Christopher Maneu, a developer advocate from Microsoft and we talk about being an advocate on the cutting edge of technology. From building the first Iphone applications to underwater data centers and even how scuba diving helped Christopher become an advocate, this episode is a wild and interesting ride.
4 Oct 2021
Episode 7: Contributing to open-source communities and building developer in DevRel with Liran Tal
In this weeks episode, we talk with Developer advocate and GitHub star Liran Tal about collaborating in the open-source community and building developer tools as a Developer Advocate. How passion projects intersect with work as a developer advocate and what it takes to become recognized by the open-source community as a star.
18 Aug 2021
Episode 6: Advocacy in DevRel without code - Do you need to code to be a Developer Advocate? Transformation Advocate Heidi Waterhouse
Do you need to be able to code to be a developer advocate?
In this episode, we get to talk to Heidi Waterhouse an inspirational digital transformation advocate that has been working in DevRel and advocacy for many years but doesn't herself code. We discuss what tools she uses in her job and gain some golden insights into writing technical content.
6 Jul 2021
Episode 5: How to use new and emerging social media like TikTok as a developer advocate with Zachary Powell
In this episode, we discuss with our guest Zachary Powell, a senior developer advocate at Huawei, how to use new and emerging social media within DevRel, in particular TikTok.
TikTok and other new social media capture a younger audience with much higher engagement rates than 'traditional' social media, but it can be difficult to get started and create content that performs well. Zachary shares his tips and tricks of how he can use this social media engagement with the next generation of developers.
In this episode, Mackenzie and Alex talk about writing documentation, the do's, the don'ts and the musts. They talk about how documentation can be not only used as a tool to help developers but also how it can be used as a marketing tool.
Developing communities is a podcast made for other developer advocates to help them navigate this new position and learn with the best.
31 May 2021
Episode 3: Developing communities with Rain Leander - Advocacy in open-source organizations
In this episode, we speak with Tech Evangelist and Open-source Advocate Rain Leander about their journey that lead them to become an advocate, the skills they have learnt along the way and specifically what it is like to be a advocate in open-source organizations.
Rain started life as a dancer and first found tech only as a way to finance their dancing career, advocacy to them was a unique way to combine their love for tech and performance which is clearly seen in the enthusiasm they bring.
6 May 2021
Episode 2: Speaking at conferences and writing CFP's as a devloper advocate with M4DZ
In this episode, we are joined by tech evangelist and developer advocate M4DZ. We talk about what it takes to become a speaker at tech conferences and how to write CFP's. Spoiler alert, having bright blue hair helps!
3 May 2021
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