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Apr 6, 2023 33 min

Improving the Developer Experience with Aja Hammerly

from Screaming in the Cloud Hosted by Corey Quinn

Aja Hammerly, Developer Relations Manager at Google Cloud, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss her unexpected career journey at Google and what she’s learned about improving the developer experience throughout her career. Aja and Corey discuss the importance of not only creating tools for developers that are intuitive and easy to adopt, but also cater to different learning styles. Aja describes why it’s so important to respond with curiosity when a user does something seemingly random within a piece of software, and also reveals why she feels so strongly about the principle of least surprise when it comes to the developer experience. About Aja Aja lives in Seattle where's she's a Developer Relations Manager at Google. She's currently excited about developer experience, software supply chain security, and becoming a better manager and mentor. In her free time she enjoys skiing, kayaking, cooking, knitting, and spending long hours in the garden. Links Referenced: Google Cloud: http://cloud.google.com/developers Personal Website: https://www.thagomizer.com

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