Developer Relations Quotes

“Developer relations is being able to say, "I was able to walk into a conference room and everybody recognized my brand, and everybody knew who I was already - Tracy Lee”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Most people in a company, frankly, are not going to understand how communities are built and operate, but many people in the community aren't going to understand the dynam- ics of how that company operates. - Jono Bacon”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Most people in a company, frankly, are not going to understand how communities are built and operate, but many people in the community aren't going to understand the dynamics of how that company operates.”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“I think any personality fits this role (developer advocate), but I would classify the ideal person as someone who is able to create things without anybody telling them what to do. I think that is crucial. - Bruno Borges”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“No one can call you a liar for sharing your personal experience. - Scott Davis”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“When you visit those different sites and see the same story told from different perspectives, you really begin to see the trends emerge. - Scott Davis”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“If you want to get a job as a programmer at a company that makes an open-source product, then contribute pull requests. If you want to get a job in developer relations, don't just contribute pull requests: go out and talk about the product. - Ted Neward”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“hen you're writing software, you have to ask, "Are we saving babies here?" If you're writing software that is actually helping babies to survive, then you should take your software really seriously. But if you're just making a shopping cart, you should turn it down a notch and take a breather. - Scott Hanselman”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“It's rare that someone who knows the topic better than you will sit in your talk because they will go to other talks.... I wrote a book on Spring, just because I was learning it as I was writing it. - Matt Raible”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“On Mondays and Tuesdays, I tend to do blackout periods where I shut off email and Slack, so there's no way for people to get in touch with me. I put my phone in another room and that's how I get stuff done. - Matt Raible”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“...if I do enough research before a conference, and build enough relationships online, I can walk into the conference and people will already know who I am and the company I work for. - Tracy Lee”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“you don't have to be an absolute expert to stand up there and share what you've learned. ...you're just sharing what you've learned. That doesn't mean you know it all. You have to remember that you're not the expert presenting to or lecturing students. - Jennifer Reif”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“The business that my role generates is not always something that you can connect with my talks directly. ... if I go and build the brand by getting my name and the company name out there, it may generate business in a year or two. - Ivar Grimstad”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“I wanted to take something, learn it, and teach it. I was sucked in by that. - Tim Berglund”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“I think the title doesn't define who we are: it's what we do that defines who we are.
Engineers can be great advocates for what they do and for the things that they've learned. Whether some people like to do that or not is a separate discussion. - Ray Tsang”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“The phrase in tech writing was "easy reading comes from hard writing." Easy consumption of an app comes from really hard work on the backend. - Tori Wieldt”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“You need to be a good storyteller. When you're at a conference, you should empathize with the developer and tell them a story that they can believe in; that's what makes a talk entertaining. That's the difference between an average developer advocate and a good developer advocate. - Arun Gupta”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“My public persona led to the company reaching out. That's the relationship that you have to build. - Arun Gupta”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Sometimes I feel, after a while, that I'm okay at 10 different things, whereas some people are really great at more. You start getting used to feeling mediocre, at least I do. But still, I'd rather be focusing on many topics than be bored. - Josh Long”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“If I had known that I could be a programmer and a teacher at the same time, I think I would have aimed for this career much sooner because this is my sweet spot: being able to do something that's creative and logical like programming, but also focusing on the documentation, the teaching, and the speaking - Trisha Gee”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“I would say there are two major groups of people: those who create content and those who consume content - Yakov Fain”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Your personal brand and trust relationships are what we're building here. Don't worry about creating DataStax branding; we have people for that. You need to be the brand with your voice. - Patrick McFadin”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Yes, I'm just a developer, so I try to find the simplest possible solutions. ... If you go to a bakery, the bakery isn't playing with five million different tools just because the old flour became too boring after a while. - Adam Bien”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!