When you do courses like that, one of the things I've always struggled with is accountability and motivation to finish them. What I try to do is just block out a week and whatever I can get done in that week. With blog posts and articles, I usually just make it very clear at the top. This works with Node.js version, whatever. That's a point in time for really popular articles. And say if you're using this version, jump over here. But I think people mostly accept with articles and blog posts. They are point in time and that's when it works.
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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