
[Weekend Drop] swyx on Productivity and leverage
The Swyx Mixtape
How to Be a Developer Advocate
I think that being pointy is more valuable than being broad. That's a form of leverage because general capability is not something you can trade with someone else. And in the broader economy of skills and contacts and tips and help, that is much more useful. So I found that I'm capable of many things, I'm known for many things, but the one thing that everybody comes to me for is developer relations advice. The way I put it in my book is you might as well put them in a high value, pretty glittering box next to check out together with other attractive boxes that you want to be associated with. Yeah. so did you choose your box or did it choose you
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