Not a Medium fan? Here are some alternate places to read this: On DEV.to The Abyss: The Death and Rebirth of Developer Relations Since apparently I cannot write a DevRel Digest without mentioning the hero’s journey, let me just go ahead and get this out of the way right now: Developer Relations is experiencing a death and rebirth. If…

This is the very first DevRel Digest and it was originally published on LinkedIn. The 10th Annual Developer Relations Survey It’s that time of year again! The 10th Annual Developer Relations Survey is out and requesting your input. Last year’s State of Developer Relations Report can be found here. …

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” This quotation has been attributed to both Albert Einstein and William Bruce Cameron. The less famous of the two is the author of Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking, in which he wrote: It would be nice if all of the data which sociologists require could be enumerated…

If You’re in DevRel You’re Probably a Multipotentialite According to a recent Forbes article, a multipotentialite is someone “with many passions and creative pursuits.” In other words, someone who never quite figures out what they want to be when they grow up. Notable multipotentialite individuals include Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Maya Angelou, and Richard Branson. The article…

“So how does someone with a film degree end up working in tech?” That’s a question I am frequently asked. To me, the transferable skills are obvious: a movie is the culmination of many teams, talents, and technologies pushing towards a singular vision. Often, the vision that audiences see on screen is vastly different from the original vision from the pages of the…

This piece was originally written in February of 2017 as I was finishing up my first year of treatment. A cancer diagnosis is almost always scary, and it can also be confusing, frustrating, lonely, and overwhelming. People ranging from your spouse to your doctor will have lots of thoughts and…

In April 2023, my role was eliminated and I was laid off, which put me on the job hunt for the second time in just 12 months. …

Every July, I celebrate my remission anniversary. I was diagnosed with cancer when I was 31 and that July, I underwent surgery to remove the tumor. This year I celebrate seven years cancer free. To celebrate, we are hosting a little gathering and because this is the kind of person…

This piece was originally written in February of 2016 when I was diagnosed with cancer. I am seven years in remission, which for my particular cancer, pretty much means my chances for recurrence are almost negligible. The risk is always present and the scars of my surgeries are permanent. …