How I Picked What to Focus on at IBM

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I love hearing from people who have a little bit more like variety of experience because I think it changes your perspective, right? One of the things that really struck me is you have touched so many different disciplines in industry. Yeah, I think that's incredibly important. You know, we work with a lot of students at MLH and that first time we see them demoing a project that they've built, it's so nerve-wracking. Like that's like the scariest thing in the world! Getting over that hump is such a hurdle and that it's important.

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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