To be an outstanding developer, there is nothing about that that is correlated to what your success as a teacher will be. It's literally uncorrelated. They're different skill sets. Of course, subject matter knowledge, that helps. You need to be in love with the material. And most of the time it's great. Everybody who's done it a lot knows occasionally there's somebody who's not in a good place and skills are required to keep the room together"
In this episode of the State of Developer Education podcast, Jon speaks with Tim Berglund, Vice President of Developer Relations at StarTree, a cloud-based software company enabling business customers to derive advanced insights from real-time and historical data. Previously, he was the Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at Confluent, and was also the Vice President of Developer Education at DataStax.
Together, they discuss what has and hasn’t changed in the world of developer education, why hardware feels so magical when compared to software, and why being a teacher and an outstanding developer are two completely different skills. They also get into how our lives can sometimes feel directionless, especially in the world of coding.
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