697: What is DevRel with Salma Alam-Naylor
AboutTechnology & AI
Hosted by
Wes Bos
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Salma Alam-Naylor all about her role in DevRel, what’s involved in working in DevRel, avoiding burnout, which platforms to focus on, and so much more.
Show Notes • 00:31 Welcome
- 01:07 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
- 01:52 New jobs and onboarding
- 03:34 What is Devrel?
- 11:34 How much of devrel is using your own product? Dogfooding the service?
- 14:49 What are things devrel people do?
- 20:32 Devrel burnout issues
- 24:53 Once you put a number on something, you’re measuring that number
- 29:31 Is there any way to know if devrel is working?
- 33:47 How could someone get into devrel?
- 37:37 What platforms should you focus on?
- 44:12 What’s something devrel gets wrong?
- 47:50 What do you think about speaking at conferences?
- 51:58 What do you use to stay up on with tech?
- 53:59 Sick picks
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