We’re somehow already at the end of 2022, which means it’s time for another end-of-year wrap-up from your Community Pulse hosts! Thanks so much to all of you who have listened (and participated!) as we’ve explored topics from content to speaking, Developer Experience, DevRel strategy, and more. Join Mary, Jason, PJ, and Wesley as we talk about some of the trends we noticed during 2022 and what we think might happen in 2023.

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Jason, Mary, PJ and Wesley further the discussion on devrel communities and how we can serve our changing scope of user.

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The word “developer” has always been evolving, from assembly to systems, operations, and beyond. The term “Developer Relations” has traditionally meant we’re engaging with people who consider themselves full-time professional developers. However, over the past few years, the term “developer” has expanded to encompass more than this professional developer persona. These days, some DevRel teams advocate for, evangelize to, and create communities for SREs, Enterprise Architects, students, or decision-makers in early-stage startups, in addition to low-code or citizen developers.

While these people may fall outside of the traditional developer persona, many DevRel teams are looking to support these people who are using our technology for one-off solutions to their problems. We’re interested in learning more about whether this changes the scope of DevRel, and if so, how.

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Jennifer Ritzinger

Matty Stratton

Wesley Faulkner

PJ Hagerty

Jason Hand

Mary Thengvall

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Special Guests: Jennifer Ritzinger and Matty Stratton.

Mary, Wesley, and PJ spend time considering their conversation with Amara and Kurt and the implications for a great developer experience.

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Developer Experience (DX) has been a buzzword for the past few years and it’s only growing in popularity. But what is it exactly, and how is it different from Developer Relations or Developer Advocacy? Also, when we say “Developer Experience” is everyone actually referring to the same topic? Or are there multiple approaches?

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Amara Graham

Kurt Kemple

Wesley Faulkner

PJ Hagerty

Mary Thengvall

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Special Guests: Amara Graham and Kurt Kemple.

Our hosts continue to reflect on the results of this year's DevRel survey and provide further insights into the data and the industry.

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By the varied nature of everything that falls under the umbrella of Developer Relations, it can be difficult to get down to the trends and movements of everything we do. Add to that the bespoke nature of many DevRel programs, and we really need to work to discover what’s happening in the world we live and work in. Fortunately, a survey was done, and in this episode we will discover some of the results and find out a bit of the why we do what we do when we say we do DevRel.

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Caroline Lewko

Jason Hand

Wesley Faulkner

PJ Hagerty

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Special Guest: Caroline Lewko.

Our hosts reflect on their conversation in Episode 70 with Kerri and Jeff and cover key takeaways on in-person conferences and their role in DevRel.

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Before the pandemic, we, as DevRel practitioners, focused most of our speaking efforts on in-person events. Now we have the option of speaking at in-person, virtual, and hybrid conferences. With this experience now in our rearview, let’s look ahead to rediscovering what the advantages are and what we get out of in-person events knowing what the other side looks like.

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Kerri Miller

Jeff Blankenburg

Wesley Faulkner

PJ Hagerty

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Special Guests: Jeff Blankenburg and Kerri Miller.

In this episode, we say goodbye to our dear friend SJ Morris as co-host of the Community Pulse. Like many of us, sometimes the business of life and work makes it difficult to make time for the things we enjoy or even just time to take care of ourselves. We wanted to take the opportunity to say goodbye to SJ and also to talk about what folks can do to honestly and boldly confront their own burnout in DevRel.

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Jason Hand

Mary Thengvall

SJ Morris

PJ Hagerty

Wesley Faulkner:

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