In this episode, hear my reflections on eight years as a Developer Advocate at Neo4j - learning in public, teaching before feeling “ready”, and navigating the constant balance between deep technical work and community engagement. Get updates on what I'm currently focused on: upcoming events, writing a more complex chapter of the Java book, sharpening Cypher skills, and exploring an article that challenges the default use of Object Graph Mappers (OGMs) in graph applications.

8 Years in Advocacy

Learning fast by presenting and teaching

Balancing deep work, travel, and ad hoc collaboration

Adapting to the accelerating pace of tech and AI

Current Projects

Preparing for Devnexus and upcoming virtual events

Contributing to Road to NODES AI workshops

Writing a more advanced Java book chapter (avoiding the editing loop)

Intentionally improving Cypher skills through deeper practice

Rethinking OGMs

Exploring the article “The Very Slowly Ticking Time Bomb, Your Graph Persistent Stack”

Questioning whether OGMs add unnecessary translation layers in graph apps

Considering alternatives

Expanding the toolbox — no one-size-fits-all solution

Devnexus (Atlanta, GA)

San Francisco Bay ACM (Virtual Event)

Road to NODES AI Workshops (Free, virtual)