How to Communicate With Developers in DevRel

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I think probably an underrated part of working with other people is knowing how to communicate with them. The big things I try to focus on are being both engaging and easy to understand. People will tell you that they just want the facts, just give me the technical content. But most of the time that's not really true. They remember the story. TheyRemember the surprises. They remember what makes them laugh. Well, and technically correct. So maybe there's three things but those are the big things I really focus on.

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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