The Path to Computer Science

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I very distinctly remember building my first website about the Animorphs books. I used to like, can name the book covers or something and put them on a website. And it was super ugly, but like, it was so fun to play with. So that's how I got started. Did you have like those fun under construction gifts of like the guy with the shovel? Of course, yes. Who didn't? It was iconic. What was your first website about? I think it was just introducing the world. No, that's cool. You've pursued both undergrad and graduate education there. A lot of people, especially these days, go straight from undergrad into industry. Why pursue

In this episode of the State of Developer Education podcast, Jon speaks with Lauren Schaefer, Developer Advocate at Grammarly, the company delivering AI communication assistance to over 50,000 teams and 30 million people daily. Lauren is a software engineer, developer advocate, keynote speaker, and inventor who is at her best when she’s creating engaging and easy to understand content in a variety of mediums.

Together they discuss whether or not a degree in tech is really all that vital; how to let your skills guide your career; the importance of learning to work with all sorts of different people; and just how diverse a career in DevRel really is! They also delve into whether there is any tension between the marketing and engineering side of a DevRel team?

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