88 | Breaking into Dev Rel featuring Tessa Mero

In this episode guest Tessa Mero talks to James and guest cohost Brad Garropy about working in Dev Rel and transitioning her job.SponsorsDaily.devdaily.dev is where developers grow together. It provides a community-based feed of the best developer news, helping you stay up-to-date. daily.dev aggregates hundreds of sources every few minutes and creates a personal feed for you according to your interests, whether it’s web dev, data science, or Elixir. Anything you might be interested in, it has the content for you.Check out daily.devHashnodeCreating a developer blog is crucial in creating an online presence for yourself. It’s proof of work for your future employer. Hashnode makes it easy to start a blog in seconds on your custom domain for free. It’s fully optimized for developers and supports writing in Markdown, rich embeds, publishing from GitHub repository, syntax highlighting, and edge caching with Next.js blogs deployed on Vercel. On top of these, Hashnode is free from paywall, ads, and sign-up prompts.Hashnode is a community of developers, engineers, and people in tech. Your article gets instant readership from their growing community.Check out Hashnode, and join the community.Show Notes00:00 Introduction01:12 Introducing Tessa02:36 How did Brad get Into Web05:46 Draw of Developer Relations and Developer Advocacy09:46 Getting Into Speaking12:17 Preparing for Criticism17:06 Sponsor: Hashnode17:53 How to Progress Your Career22:12 Performance Indicators in Developer Relations26:39 Sponsor: Daily.dev27:40 Working for Open-source34:08 Companies that Prioritize Dev42:19 Brad's Pick: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport44:09 Brad's Plug: Brad Garropy on YouTube44:28 Tessa's Pick: Shure SM7B47:23 Tessa's Plug: Appwrite Discord48:32 James's Pick: The Weekend Away49:39 James's Plug: James Q Quick YouTube