Podcasts about developer evangelism

In this week's episode, Jon is joined by Reena Leone, the Senior Developer Evangelist at Imply and host of the podcast ‘Tales at Scale'! They discuss the confluence of developers and marketing: the importance of collaboration and organization of your content, and how to appeal to the human inside every Developer.

Michael Stowe, Senior Director of Developer Marketing at RingCentral, joins us to discuss the challenges and evolution of developer relations and marketing; the importance of documentation, community, and education; and the need for clear communication and alignment with stakeholders.

Marcos Placona, Director of Developer Relations, at Circle, joins us to share his thoughts on how developer evangelism has changed over the years, as well as his opinions on Web3.

Today we're going to talk about mental wellness at work, and how to teach and learn well on the job. To help me discuss these topics, I'd like to welcome Josh Birk, Senior Director, Developer Evangelism at Salesforce, also known as the “Godfather of Trailhead” and the host of the Salesforce Developer podcast. RESOURCES Salesforce Developers Podcast: https://developer.salesforce.com/podcast/ The Pool at Nowhere Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXefNpFbOA The Agile Brand podcast website: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com/theagilebrandpodcast Sign up for The Agile Brand newsletter here: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com Get the latest news and updates on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-agile-brand/ For consulting on marketing technology, customer experience, and more visit GK5A: https://www.gk5a.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems.Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company

Today we're going to talk about mental wellness at work, and how to teach and learn well on the job. To help me discuss these topics, I'd like to welcome Josh Birk, Senior Director, Developer Evangelism at Salesforce, also known as the “Godfather of Trailhead” and the host of the Salesforce Developer podcast. RESOURCES Salesforce Developers Podcast: https://developer.salesforce.com/podcast/ The Pool at Nowhere Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXefNpFbOA The Agile Brand podcast website: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com/theagilebrandpodcast Sign up for The Agile Brand newsletter here: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com Get the latest news and updates on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-agile-brand/ For consulting on marketing technology, customer experience, and more visit GK5A: https://www.gk5a.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems.Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company If you are struggling with projects, sign up for Basecamp. Their pricing is simple and they give you ALL their features in a single plan. No upsells. No upgrades. Go to basecamp.com/agile and try Basecamp for free. No credit card required and cancel anytime. Thank you, Basecamp for sponsoring this episode!

On this episode, Nicolas Grenié, Developer Advocate at Typeform.com — a company that specializes in online form building and surveys — speaks about the Developer as a customer persona, and how they should be viewed by SaaS businesses. For example, for certain SaaS companies, such as Twilio, Developers — including no-coders — are the main audience. It pays to put someone in charge of Developer relations in order to build better partnerships. Nicolas demonstrates how Typeform delivers the Developer experience and the benefits that come with that. He discusses how SaaS companies can bring value to the relationship through the Developer experience, API features, building a gold standard, thinking of the platform as a product, and viewing Developers as customers, and the ecosystem as a long-term plan. Resources mentioned: Notion - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=notion.id&hl=en_ZA&gl=US Ask Your Developer by Jeff Lawson | Book - https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Your-Developer-Software-Developers/dp/0063018292 The Business Value of Developer Relations | Book - https://www.amazon.com/Business-Value-Developer-Relations-Communities/dp/1484237471 Devrelcon - https://developerrelations.com/devrelcon Note: SaaS Connect 2023 will take place in San Francisco April 19th and 20th. If you would like to be a sponsor, please contact us at admin@cloudsoftwareassociation.com for information. Thank you to our amazing podcast team at Content Allies. Want to launch your own B2B revenue-generating podcasts? Contact them at https://ContentAllies.com. #cloud #saas #software

Citrix Developer Solutions PodcastSeason 2 Episode 3 - "Interview with Pat Patterson Director of Developer Evangelism at Citrix"We are joined by Pat Patterson, Director of Developer Evangelism at Citrix. Pat is a WEALTH of experience in development and developer relations for software companies. He is also a generally fun guy and very engaging to listen to. Listen in for a great conversation that anyone in Citrix development or administration should hear to understand the direction of Citrix's investment in the Developer Community at large.___Show Announcements:Citrix Developer Focus: Americas on July 22nd, 2021Brick Bridge Summer 2021 Webinar: Crafting the Future of Work on July 29th, 2021Citrix Converge on  October 26th through 28th, 2021 See Show links below for more info on above___Show outline - kind of, we wandered in a good way :)Why do Developers not get marketed to by software makers, in general?Introduction to Pat, Director of Developer EvangelismWho is a Citrix Developer?Why should someone view themselves as a Citrix Developer?What is the Citrix Developer Community?How can people join the Community interact?When are Developer Focuses, Converge, CUGC, etc.?Where can people interested follow to get more information and future events?___Show Links:Citrix Developer Focus Americas: https://bit.ly/cdf-amer-2021Citrix Converge: https://bit.ly/ctx-converge-2021Forcecraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3GgM1o_8IBook Mentioned - The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the WorldBrick Bridge Summer Webinar 2021:  https://www.brickbridgeconsulting.com/webinar-registrationBonus Link - Pat's Microapps scripting tutorial: https://bit.ly/microapp-scriptingSocial  Links:Citrix Developer Twitter: https://twitter.com/CitrixDeveloperCitrix Developer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/citrix-developer/Citrix Developer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CitrixDeveloper Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brickbridge)

Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism joins me again to talk about all things CreatorCon 2021. We'll look at what's new, what's interactive, what's recorded, some fun sessions, and things you just don't want to miss. Have a listen! Topics 00:00 Welcome and introduction 03:02 What is CreatorCon 03:39 Some fun projects 05:08 The schedule of events 07:11 Live sessions 07:58 This year's highlights 11:24 Evolution of ServiceNow Development Panel 13:54 Breakout sessions 14:46 More interactive sessions 16:11 Fun sessions 19:02 New features of the registration site 20:59 What is Jason looking forward to? 21:57 How to get in touch with Jason 22:15 Outro Links Jason on LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism joins me again to talk about all things CreatorCon 2021. We'll look at what's new, what's interactive, what's recorded, some fun sessions, and things you just don't want to miss. Have a listen! Topics 00:00 Welcome and introduction 03:02 What is CreatorCon 03:39 Some fun projects 05:08 The schedule of events 07:11 Live sessions 07:58 This year's highlights 11:24 Evolution of ServiceNow Development Panel 13:54 Breakout sessions 14:46 More interactive sessions 16:11 Fun sessions 19:02 New features of the registration site 20:59 What is Jason looking forward to? 21:57 How to get in touch with Jason 22:15 Outro Links Jason on LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's talk all things CreatorCon 2020 with Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism at ServiceNow, and find out what the October 27 conference is about. We'll discuss the agenda,  the highlights, and different ways to participate - all without getting Zoom fatigue! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's talk all things CreatorCon 2020 with Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism at ServiceNow, and find out what the October 27 conference is about. We'll discuss the agenda,  the highlights, and different ways to participate - all without getting Zoom fatigue! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's talk all things CreatorCon 2020 with Jason McKee, Director of Developer Evangelism at ServiceNow, and find out what the October 27 conference is about. We'll discuss the agenda,  the highlights, and different ways to participate - all without getting Zoom fatigue! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Contact center technology evolves rapidly, which can make it difficult to keep up. As a developer, you need to stay on top of the trends like artificial intelligence (AI) and bots. But it’s also vital to have a place to find answers to your questions about solutions you use every day.In this episode, Jim Crespino, Senior Director of Developer Evangelism at Genesys, takes a deep dive into the Genesys Developer Center — the hub that makes developers more productive. Jim outlines all the great resources in the center, including API documentation, tutorials, blogs, a forum, the DevCast and newsletters. He’ll also talk about some of the cool development work going on with the Genesys Cloud platform — and explains how you can get involved.

I spoke with Jen Looper. Jen is a cloud developer advocate at Microsoft. But she is not a very traditional tech professional. She has a PhD in French Language and Literature. During our chat we have explored how her language background helped on her tech career. Jen is also a public speaker having delivered many keynotes including one done virtually this past March 2020 during Microsoft Developer Virtual Conference. She founded in 2018 an initiative called Front-End Foxes which used to be called Vue Vixens, but changed it names since we have recorded this chat. Front-End Foxes creates and hosts workshops to teach front-end technologies to people who identify themselves as women with many chapters throughout the globe. Among many things, we have discussed about her extensive experience working with a network of outside expert developers giving them a platform to communicate, interact and help to shape the products the company that she was working for at the time was improving and creating. In the end, I even got to know a new term to add to my dictionary: "Individual Contributor". Do you know what that is? Check it out! Full show notes and links: https://SoloCoder.com/44

It was great to have a conversation with my former boss and colleague Dave Carroll, now a Senior Director of Product Management for the Salesforce DX team. Dave shares his passion for the developers on the platform and for the developer experience.  With his former role running Developer Evangelism at Salesforce, Dave is no stranger when it comes to using Salesforce to create innovative solutions for developers and was responsible for the AJAX toolkit which gave the platform extensive capabilities with JavaScript back in the Visualforce days. Listen in as we talk about how the CLI operates within the larger Salesforce developer experience and where Dave would like to see this experience evolve for our customers. We also discuss the role of administrators in the development process. You will hear Dave’s views of the core libraries and their amazing level of power and flexibility along with how it all is maintained.   Show Highlights: How the CLI operates within the larger Salesforce developer experience What oclif is and what it does The plug-in Dave would love to see The role of administrators in perspective to the Salesforce CLI  Where the administrator’s role is in the development cycle   The need for administrators to be aware of what is being consumed by developers and other administrators so they have confidence   Resources: Dave Carroll on github  Dave Carroll on Twitter  Dave Carroll on LinkedIn  Salesforce CLI *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com   

  Corey "Hurricane" Weathers is passionate about solving human problems with technology. Before joining Twilio, he worked as a software developer, tester, performance engineer, and consultant with Microsoft and Intapp. With his deep knowledge of .NET, he is always looking for new ways to demonstrate the magic of software by building cross platform applications that satisfy developers and users alike.   Links https://twitter.com/coreylweathers https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreylweathers/ https://www.twitch.tv/cldubya   Resources https://www.twilio.com/ https://www.twilio.com/quest https://www.hackerrank.com https://www.codewars.com/ https://www.kcdc.info/ https://www.devupconf.org/ "Tempting Time" by Animals As Leaders used with permissions - All Rights Reserved   × Subscribe now! Never miss a post, subscribe to The 6 Figure Developer Podcast! Are you interested in being a guest on The 6 Figure Developer Podcast? Click here to check availability!  

GUEST BIO: Chris has worked as a lead developer on some of the largest web projects and is currently a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft.  He is also the author of several JavaScript books and the Developer Evangelism book as well as being a regular presenter at conferences. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Chris Heilmann.  Over the years, has worked as an HTML and web developer on some of the largest web projects. He has worked for netdecisions, Agilisys, Yahoo UK and Mozilla. Today, he is a Senior Program Manager Developer and Evangelist, at Microsoft. Chris is also an author who has written mainly about JavaScript. But, he is best known for his Developer Evangelism book and for his conference speaking. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (1.00) – So Chris, can you expand on that brief introduction and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Chris starts off by explaining that he did not take the normal route into an IT career. He did not go to university. His IT journey started with him writing games for the Commodore 64 and other early computers. After leaving school, he became a journalist and newscaster. In 1986, he discovered the internet and was immediately hooked. Fairly quickly, he was able to bring his two passions of tech and journalism together. Almost immediately, Chris could see the internet was going to help him and his colleagues to easily publish on a worldwide. He says that he was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. (2.25) - So, presumably your background in journalism has helped you in terms of other things you have done. For example, writing your books and public speaking. Chris agrees, he says his journalism skills were a great help when he started blogging. He found that his experience of writing for radio translated particularly well when writing for an online audience. When writing for the radio you have to ensure that every sentence makes perfect sense. Usually, people are doing other things while listening to the radio, for example, driving. So, they cannot focus 100% on what you are saying. The clearer you are the more likely you are to keep their attention and really get through to them. It is the same when people are reading your stuff online. You rarely have their full attention. We all tend to skim through things, so every sentence has to clearly make its point. This ability to make a point effectively and hold the attention of the audience has also been very useful when it comes to public speaking. His work as a journalist also helped Chris to adapt his message to suit the audience. (3.14) – Can you please share a unique career tip with the I.T. career audience? Chris says that being flexible is vital. He has moved to several different countries to pursue his career. If you are willing and able to be flexible there are a lot of opportunities available in the IT world. For example, You need to be prepared to work at strange hours sometimes. Doing so opens up the opportunity to collaborate with people from across the world. Being flexible enables you to put yourself in the right place at the right time, more often. Chris also thinks it is important to be prepared to physically travel so that you can work with others from across the world. Even though we have the internet you tend to get far more done when you spend time working with people face to face. (5.05) – Can you tell us what your worst career moment was? And what you learned from that experience. For Chris, his worse career moment was when the UK office of a company he was working for was shut. When that happened, basically, all of the talented people they had pulled together over 10 years were scattered to the winds. The team he was working with was very talented and worked quickly. They achieved more than the Silicon Valley team did in far less time. Yet, they still closed the office and asked everyone to move to the USA. Some people went and just stayed with the firm for the 2 years they neede for the visa. Then, naturally, they left for better offers. Chris felt that this action showed an incredible lack of insight on the part of the company. It led to all of that talent being lost just because they were geographically in the wrong place. Plus, naturally, a lot of the people were bitter. Many left in anger, which is a bad idea, especially in IT. Even today, it is quite a small world. Chris says that the best approach is to take the high ground. Don’t bad mouth the company to others. The chances are you are going to come across these people again, in the future. (7.00) – Phil asks Chris about their best career moment was. Chris has had lots of great moments. He really enjoys the fact that a small change on the front end can make such a huge positive difference for users. It is also nice when you build up your reputation to the point where finding a new job becomes almost automatic. Chris also gets pleasure from seeing the careers of others he has worked with flourish. (9.18) – Can you tell us what excites you about the future of the IT industry and careers? The fact that computers are taking over more is something that really excites Chris. This is despite the fact that AI is set to cut into the amount of work that will be available for him. Currently, he sees too many security issues slipping through the net because the code has been written by people who are basically bored with their job. In the future, much of that boring work will be done by computers. AI machines will be great at finding and fixing malicious code and debugging. They will be far faster at it than humans are. This will free developers up to become even more creative and innovative. However, for this to happen quickly the industry needs more data scientists. We need people who can see the patterns and teach machines to recognize them too. He points out that a lot of code has been written already. It is just that much of it has not been shared yet. The open source movement is helping to sort that out. As a result we are now moving forward at a far faster rate. Chris is also excited by the fact that new roles are constantly being created within the IT industry. There are dozens of exciting and interesting jobs that simply did not exist a few years ago. (12.20) – What drew you to a career in IT? Chris explains that he has always loved computers, so when he saw the chance to make working with them a part of his daily life he lept at it. He was also drawn to the sector because he realized he would be able to help people to overcome their fear of working with computers. His work on the front end was helping people to tap into this new technology and achieve more, something he really enjoyed doing. (12.51) – What is the best career advice you have ever received? That was – don’t forget to network within your company, especially when you first join. Get to know the people and their problems. Help others and do everything you can to get departments to talk to each other. Get to know other communicators within that business. Doing all of this helps you to understand your company and find your place within it. Taking this approach ensures that you will always have a backup plan. If your fantastic boss suddenly leaves and your new one is awful, you will be able to quickly move to another job. Plus, when you play a role in getting something difficult fixed you are going to quickly be seen as a valuable employee. So, staying there long-term becomes a viable option. Provided, of course, that is what you want to do. (14.31) – If you were to begin your IT career again, right now, what would you do? Nowadays, having a proper IT degree is a good thing. Chris knows that he was lucky to end up working in the IT field without a relevant degree. He says that the degree he would take now would be data science. Chris also thinks he would start out by working for smaller startups. He says that this enables you to focus on one project and see it through. This hones your skills and helps you to learn how to turn what you are working on into a success. He also says that he would not go into gaming. It is really hard to become successful in that field now. Nowadays, there is a huge pool or pre-done stuff you can draw upon to get things done quickly. You no longer need to know how to code everything from scratch. So, Chris would also focus on maximizing the potential of this. He would familiarize himself with the various components and frameworks that are available and learn how to use them to get things done fast. (16.49) – What are you currently focusing on in your career? Right now, Chris’ main objective is to move up and start building a team again. He wants to have team members who can replicate what he is doing right now, so he can focus on working with just a few clients. (17.48) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you the most in your IT career? Chris finds that he uses his communication skills a lot. It is important to know how to talk to people. It also helps you to recognize when not to pursue something. Just because you have identified the perfect solution does not mean that you should insist on developing it right there and then. Sometimes you have to think of the needs of the project, chunk up your knowledge and put together something that works for now, to move things forward. Then, perhaps circle back later to push your idea and get it implemented.[[ (18.59) – Phil asks Chris to share a final piece of career advice with the audience. Make sure you stay interested in the job you are doing. Don’t do a boring job or one that you do not like, just for the money. If you do that, you are setting yourself up for failure. You have to find something that challenges you as well. If you are hiring people, always hire someone who is better than you. When you do, you open up the opportunity for you to delegate to them. They get to develop and you are freed up to do something else. In time, they become able to replace you, by which point you will be ready to move on, anyway. You should not be afraid of the people that work for you. BEST MOMENTS: (3.57) CHRIS – “Being flexible in your time and being flexible to actually work across the world is something that a lot of people still have problems with. IT is not a 9 to 5 job." (9.26) CHRIS – "I'm actually very excited that computers are taking over more and more." (9.54) CHRIS – "We should not be bored by writing software. Computers should actually be good enough to write most of the code for themselves." (13.00) CHRIS – “When you join a new company network inside the company." (16.47) CHRIS – "We are reusing 90% of the time what other people have been doing." CONTACT CHRIS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/codepo8 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianheilmann/ Website: https://christianheilmann.com/

I had a privilege of sitting down and interview Eli Calderón Morin, A Y-Combinator Hackathon winner, Founder & CEO of All_ebt. Eli has been at the forefront of mobile disruption as an advisor and team member to some of the fastest growing and groundbreaking mobile startups on the planet: AdMob/ acq Google, SnapTell/ acq Amazon, Alohar / acq AutoNavi/ Alibaba, Mojiva, InMobi, OpenX, Lipa Learning, Appfuel, and Adtile. Over the last decade, Eli has gained expertise in the areas of Startup Growth, Operations, Developer Evangelism, Market Expansion, Corp Dev, M&A, Strategic Partnerships, Sales Engineering, BizDev, SaaS, and Product Management. All_ebt is a smart wallet for Food Stamps. Over 54 million Americans receive SNAP (food stamp) benefits each year. They have tremendous purchasing power in aggregate, yet remain under-served by consumer technology.Serving underbanked and low-income communities and acting as a consumer on-ramp for mass crypto adoption and financial services. I met Eli at EOS Global Hackathon Finale in Cape Town, South Africa. We discussed his previous startups, how he is redefining food stamps and he gave advise on startups.

GUEST BIO: Ian Massingham is a Technical Evangelist at Amazon Web Services and has been working with cloud computing technologies since 2008.  Ian has around 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, covering operations and engineering within hosting, telecommunications and cloud service providers.  Ian has a particular interest in the development of Connected Device and IoT applications. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Phil’s guest on today’s show is Ian Massingham. Ian has already had a long IT career and is still enjoying getting involved in new fields and pushing the boundaries. He started his career by working for a hosting and internet company that is credited with opening up the UK market. Ian and his team used their telecommunications and coding experience to provide fast and affordable internet services to thousands of UK homeowners. Over the years, Ian has worked as an engineer, developer, manager and leader. Today, he leads Technical and Developer Evangelism for Amazon Web Services. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (0.58) – So Ian, can I ask you to expand on that brief intro and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Ian starts by elaborating on the scale, scope and reach of his AWS role. He is responsible for educating software developers and technical end users of AWS on a global scale. Plus, of course customers who are not yet users of the service. Helping them to see how they can use the platform to improve what they are currently doing and use it for new projects. (1.57) – Does that mean that you have to travel a lot? Ian responds by saying yes. He has to attend a lot of different kinds of events and provide support for team members, right across the globe. Plus, he is a prolific speaker in his own right, which also entails a lot of travel. (2.25) – Phil asks Ian to elaborate on the amount of public speaking work he does. Speaking is a big part of his role as the Director of AWS Evangelism. In fact, his whole team spends a lot of time making presentations. When they recruit new members they look for people who are capable of connecting with software developers across the full range of skill levels. (3.05) – Can you please share a unique career tip with the I.T. career audience? Like many developers he went from being an individual contributor to a manager, then a leader and senior leadership roles. However, unlike most other IT professionals he has periodically taken a step back and worked as an individual contributor again. This slightly unusual approach has really borne fruit. It has helped him to develop all kinds of new skills and deepen his understanding of the latest technologies and how they are deployed. (4.09) – Phil asks if taking this approach refreshes his existing skills as well. Ian says absolutely. When he first joined Amazon Web Services, in 2013, his tech skills were getting rusty. He had just spent several years in a leadership role in which he did not really do any developing. So, when he joined AWS he took the opportunity to spend a bit of time working as an individual contributor, technology evangelist. He really enjoyed reawakening and refreshing his skills, while he got up to speed with cloud computing. It enabled him to familiarize himself with the AWS way of working and their product range. Those three and half years took him into a lot of new areas. (5.18) Phil says that it sounds like Ian enjoys keeping his hand in from a technical perspective. Ian agrees, that is true, which is one of the reasons he enjoys working for AWS so much. Recently, they invested in AI and machine learning services. Just last year, they announced some robotics services. There is also Ground Station - a service for people who want to download data from their satellite infrastructure. So, there is plenty going on within the company that enables Ian to indulge his passion for new technologies.  (6.11) – Can you tell us about your worst career moment? Ian says his worst moment was not a single incident, more of a challenging period in his career. Back in the 90s, he worked for a small hosting and internet access startup. They provided hosting, mainly for businesses like Channel 4 and the Dixon stores group. At the time, most companies did not have a website, so this was actually quite exciting work. In 1998, the Dixons group asked them to set up and run their new Freeserve internet service. It was an innovative service that grew at a phenomenal rate. At the time, everyone was still using dial-up. There was no cloud computing either. So, every time a customer signed up they needed server space and the company was constantly running more telecommunications links to the building. Unsurprisingly, Ian and everyone else at the company ended up working ridiculous hours. It was an exciting time that opened up all kinds of opportunities for Ian, but it was also very stressful. (9.14) Was there anything in particular that you learned from that experience? One of the things Ian learned from the experience was how to recruit. The phenomenal rate at which the company grew meant that Ian was constantly recruiting new staff. It was a relatively new business which still had a startup mentality, so everything was very fluid. Recruiting the right people at a fast enough rate was a challenge, especially because the roles were so blurred. There was a lot going on, which meant people just had to muck in to get everything done. In that situation getting the onboarding right proved critical. New staff needed to have the right support. Without it they could not settle in quickly and become viable members of the team. It was also important from a retention point of view. Even today, when it comes to recruitment, Ian’s focus is on getting the onboarding process right. He knows from experience with the right support new people quickly ramp up to full capacity and are far less likely to leave after just a few months. Making sure that people feel like they have got the right kind of support around them is really important in leadership. (10.44) – Phil asks Ian what his best career moment was. Again, for Ian it was not a single moment, more a period in his career that he has found to be fulfilling. Right now, he is particularly enjoying the rate at which AWS is innovating and introducing new services. For example, in 2017, they introduced 1400 new services and features. This astonishing rate of change ensures that Ian gets to talk to people about a huge range of services, technologies and innovations. He is also lucky enough to be able to find out, first hand, how people are using these new services and features. All of which he enjoys and loves speaking about. In the past year alone, he has run sessions about the application of AI and machine learning. He also delivered the keynote speech at an O’Rilley AI conference, in London. In April, he gave the closing keynote speech at a major AWS summit that was held in Singapore. At that event, he got to live demo a chatbot. During his presentation, the audience interacted with chatbots using text and Facebook Messenger. The really cool thing about the whole experience was that Ian was the one who had written and deployed the code being used. Naturally, that experience is one that he views as a career highlight. He has also really enjoyed building out the AWS team. Seeing people that he has recruited grow and go on to bigger and better things is something that Ian takes a lot of pleasure from. (13.12) – Can you tell us what excites you about the future of the IT industry and careers? Ian knows that the services AWS provides are going to free up organizations, so that they can focus their cash and time on being truly innovative. There is not going to be a need for the next generation of developers to spend their early career doing repetitive tasks. For example, in the 90s Ian’s team would spend every Monday provisioning infrastructure. Now, that same task can be done with just a few clicks using the AWS console. Freeing up people’s time in this way is going to have a hugely positive impact. It will leave developers free to be more creative and truly innovate. This means that all kinds of problems can be solved using the vast range of technologies that are now available. (15.22) – What drew you to a career in IT? To answer that one Ian has to go right back to when he was a child. Back then, his father ran a training program for teachers. He produced all of the written training materials using a hand-cranked duplicating machine. At the time, photocopiers were too big and expensive for small organizations to own and run. So, when he discovered he could computerize things, he did. Ian witnessed the way this transformed his father’s business. That in turn sparked his interest in IT. At school he got involved in technology in every way he could. So, it was only natural for him to study computer science at university. (17.09) – What is the best career advice you have ever received? Ian says he would not call it advice as such, more encouragement, which he listened to. While he was working for Planet Online, they were taken over by a telecommunications firm. For Ian, this meant a change in direction, a big one. His new boss saw something in him, so set about persuading him to get involved in the process of finding, assessing and acquiring other telecoms firms. In that role he had to deal with the CEOs of some very large companies, something Ian did not think he was equipped to handle. It was his boss who persuaded him that he could and he was right. In that role, Ian grew in confidence and acquired a whole new skill set. (18.27) – If you were to begin your IT career again, right now, what would you do? Ian says that he would focus on software rather than infrastructure. Now that infrastructure is an area of diminishing impact. Today, it is all about software. He would seek to learn a range of languages and become a true software engineer rather than just a developer. Having the ability to jump across different programming languages and a strong understanding of the foundations would be his aim. Ian believes anyone that is new to the industry will succeed if they take this approach. (19.45) – What career objectives are you currently focusing on? Ian main task, right now, is growing his team. In fact, that is one of the reasons he wanted to join Phil for his podcast. Currently, he is recruiting for all kinds of roles, positions he is very keen to fill. He is currently hiring managers and specialist evangelists for various domains. So, his immediate goal is to fill those positions, which are available in AWS offices across the world. Ian will also be focusing on a couple of other AWS projects that are yet to be announced. He will also be hiring for those, a bit later in the year (20.36) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you the most in your IT career? Ian says for him the ability to communicate has proved invaluable. Being able to listen properly and understand what the customer wants and distil it down to its essential has really helped him in his career. Ian points out that you also need to be an effective outbound communicator. It is very important to maintain high standards of public communication and to be able to adapt your message to suit your audience. (21.51) – Phil asks Ian to share a final piece of career advice with the audience. “Don’t be afraid to try out new things.” Apply for new roles even if you do not have all of the qualifications and experience asked for. Ian says that when AWS recruits, the specification they come up with is more of a wish list than anything else. They really don’t expect to find many candidates that tick all of the boxes. That is the case for most organizations. So, it is always worth just applying for roles that you think might be just a little bit beyond you. BEST MOMENTS: (4.48) IAN – "It was a great opportunity to come back to software development, and rediscover some of the more technical aspects” ( 10.32) PHIL – "I think the onboarding process and just embedding people into a team, making them feel part of what's happening, is vital." (11.09) IAN – “In 2017, we released over 1400 new services and features. That's a huge beat rate of new innovation. " (12.48) IAN – “It’s really awesome to see the talent that you've bought into the organization progressing through the senior IT levels." (15.03) IAN – “As software continues to evolve, the services will get more and more sophisticated," (21.45) IAN – “Those are really important skills in my view, communications inbound and outbound.” CONTACT IAN: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMmmm @IanMmmm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imassingham

In this episode I'm joined by Matthew Revell, founder of the Developer Relations consultancy organization, Hoopy. Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, and Developer Evangelism, are relatively new roles at many organizations, but are critical for spreading awareness and getting adoption of any product the organization sells. Matthew shares his experience in Developer Relations, more specifically Developer Evangelism, and what those in the role do on a day-to-day as well as how it benefits the organization and the developers they wish to support. A brief writeup to this episode can be found via https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2018/09/tpdp-e21-developer-evangelism/

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In season 2 episode 5 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing visit Urban Chestnut Brewing Company to discuss today's Buzzwords; microservices, containerization, and serverless from Talend Connect.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In season 2 episode 3 of Craft Beer and Data our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing visit Philadelphia Brewery to talk about data Monetization.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 7 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing discuss what is Net Neutrality and why you should care at Zuni Brewery in the LoHi Denver Colorado area.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In season 2 episode 4 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing visit New Heights Brewing Company in Nashville, TN to discuss Blockchain 101.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In season 2 episode 1 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing visit the Guinness Storehouse to discuss datavaults and how the methodology can help prevent your data lake from becoming a data swamp.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In season 2 episode 2 of Craft Beer and Data our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing visit Wynkoop Brewery to Make some predictions about the integration space for 2018.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 6 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing explore the pros and cons of Batch VS Streaming at Twisted Pine Brewery in Boulder Colorado.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 5 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing talk with Jean Michel Franco, Sr.Director of Product Marketing about the Importance of GDPR.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 3 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing take a look at how digital transformation is changing agriculture. With an ever-increasing​ population, big data is helping farmers find new ways to feed the world. We also tip back our "Big Data Chug" to our friends and partners Snowflake.

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 4 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing talk about how big data has transformed health care. From genome sequencing all the way to utilizing machine learning to solve medical issues. We also tip back our "Big Data Chug" to our friends and partners Google Cloud. Cheers!

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com In episode 2 of Craft Beer and Data™️ our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing talk about how Apache Spark fits into the overall framework of Hadoop, have one too many and introduce you to a brand new event: the "big data chug"

Join the Talend Community: community.talend.com Welcome to our very first episode of Craft Beer and Data™️, the show with data conversation that will leave you thirsty for more. In this episode our Director of Developer Evangelism, Nick Piette, and Mark Balkenende, Director of Technical Marketing, talk about the battle of Hadoop and NoSQL going on in today's big data landscape.

Coming direct from Cambodia is a rare podcast with Jim Plamondon, the creator of how software platforms were built at Microsoft via APIs and developer evangelism. In this podcast, he talks about the early history of developer evangelism at Apple and Microsoft, the current state of open source, and the upcoming competitive industry coming from China and its roots in the third world. Highlights * Soviet Agriculture and Technology Market Comparison * Why NeXT and Apple Failed with Software Industry but iPhone Succeeded * China Industry Takeover is Coming: Product Price Points Books referenced in the podcast: * Game of X v.1: Xbox (Volume 1) by Rusel DeMaria * Game of X v.2: The Long Road to Xbox (Volume 2) by Rusel DeMaria Note - If you are easily offended by language please consider skipping this podcast

Chloe Condon, a former musical theatre actress and Hackbright Academy graduate, is a Developer Evangelist at Sentry. Perhaps the only engineer you’ll meet who has been in “Hairspray”, “Xanadu”, and “Jerry Springer: the Opera,” she is passionate about bringing people with non-traditional backgrounds into the world of tech. If you’re trying to place her face, … Continue reading #006 – Developer Evangelism and Lessons from Musical Theatre with Chloe Condon The post #006 – Developer Evangelism and Lessons from Musical Theatre with Chloe Condon appeared first on Ardent Development Podcast.

I saw Leah McGowen-Hare speak at last year’s Salesforce TrailheaDX conference for developers focused on building apps on the Salesforce platform. And after seeing her captivate a conference center of thousands of developers with her knowledge of cloud development platforms and coding tools/environments, I was struck by a couple of things. I have gone to countless tech conferences over the past couple of decades, but I had never seen an African American woman deliver a keynote to a group of hardcore developers. And she had the whole crowd eating out of the palm of her hands with her mix of experience, knowledge and passion for coding and developers. In addition to being Director in Tech and Product for Salesforce, she’s also director of Developer Evangelism. And after seeing her present again at the Salesforce Analyst Summit this week, I was anxious to ask her a few questions about her journey to being a developer evangelist, and what it would take to see more folks that look like her get into coding and developing apps in the cloud.

Panel: Erica Jaim Andrew Special Guest:  Dave DeLong In today's episode, the iPhreak’s Gui Rambo speaks with Dave DeLong. Dave is a seven-year veteran of Apple, Dave DeLong is an accomplished iOS engineer with a passion for teaching, and hacking the Objective-C runtime. During his time at Apple, he worked on the UIKit framework, Developer Evangelism, and Apple Maps. He now works at Snap, Inc. on the Snapchat app. Dave, his family, and his large collection of bowties live near Salt Lake City, UT, where he’s an active member of the local developer community. He can often be found on Twitter teaching developers about all the ways that calendrical calculations can go wrong. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: History of involvement with Swift 8:20 How is Swift as an open source project? 10:50 What is Swift Evolution? 12:43 Swift releases cycles 14:40 How do developers deal with Swift changes 15:40 Did Apple ship Swift too early? 17:50 Objective-C is evolving too 26:00 Swift interoperation with C libraries like Core Foundation 28:59 Upcoming Swift C Integration in Swift 5 30:00 Other C API’s 31:30 Customization of Types in Swift 36:22 Dave and Erica’s Swift Non-Standard Libraries Proposal 38:00 Dave’s idea for improving Date API’s 43:48 What are the goals for a Non-Standard Libraries? 47:50 How to get involved with Swift Evolution 54:00 LINKS: Blog Picks: Jaim: Brian Hogan  Erica: Brandon Sanderson - Trilogy  Dave: Andy Weir  Andrew: CLANG Format  

Panel: Erica Jaim Andrew Special Guest:  Dave DeLong In today's episode, the iPhreak’s Gui Rambo speaks with Dave DeLong. Dave is a seven-year veteran of Apple, Dave DeLong is an accomplished iOS engineer with a passion for teaching, and hacking the Objective-C runtime. During his time at Apple, he worked on the UIKit framework, Developer Evangelism, and Apple Maps. He now works at Snap, Inc. on the Snapchat app. Dave, his family, and his large collection of bowties live near Salt Lake City, UT, where he’s an active member of the local developer community. He can often be found on Twitter teaching developers about all the ways that calendrical calculations can go wrong. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: History of involvement with Swift 8:20 How is Swift as an open source project? 10:50 What is Swift Evolution? 12:43 Swift releases cycles 14:40 How do developers deal with Swift changes 15:40 Did Apple ship Swift too early? 17:50 Objective-C is evolving too 26:00 Swift interoperation with C libraries like Core Foundation 28:59 Upcoming Swift C Integration in Swift 5 30:00 Other C API’s 31:30 Customization of Types in Swift 36:22 Dave and Erica’s Swift Non-Standard Libraries Proposal 38:00 Dave’s idea for improving Date API’s 43:48 What are the goals for a Non-Standard Libraries? 47:50 How to get involved with Swift Evolution 54:00 LINKS: Blog Picks: Jaim: Brian Hogan  Erica: Brandon Sanderson - Trilogy  Dave: Andy Weir  Andrew: CLANG Format  

Check out Newbie Remote Conf! July 13-15, 2016   02:16 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Twilio Ruby Rogues Episode #258: Twilio with Greg Baugues 02:41 - Developer Evangelism 04:23 - Evangelism at Twilio Jeff Lawson 07:05 - “Evangelism” 10:56 - Getting the Word Out SIGNAL 13:28 - Keeping Up-to-Date Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression 18:28 - Skills to Have as an Evangelist Technical Credibility Patience Empathy Hustle 21:21 - Getting Help From Companies 25:39 - Handling Larger-scale Issues 27:15 - Building an Evangelist Team 29:44 - Panelist Experiences with Evangelism   Picks Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability (Aimee) Udi Dahan: The Fallacy Of ReUse (Aimee) Calendly (Chuck) Gravity Forms (Chuck) Trello (Chuck) Slack (Chuck) Zoom (Chuck) Talky.io (Greg) SIGNAL (Greg) The Tim Ferriss Show (Greg) Billions (Greg)

Check out Newbie Remote Conf! July 13-15, 2016   02:16 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Twilio Ruby Rogues Episode #258: Twilio with Greg Baugues 02:41 - Developer Evangelism 04:23 - Evangelism at Twilio Jeff Lawson 07:05 - “Evangelism” 10:56 - Getting the Word Out SIGNAL 13:28 - Keeping Up-to-Date Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression 18:28 - Skills to Have as an Evangelist Technical Credibility Patience Empathy Hustle 21:21 - Getting Help From Companies 25:39 - Handling Larger-scale Issues 27:15 - Building an Evangelist Team 29:44 - Panelist Experiences with Evangelism   Picks Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability (Aimee) Udi Dahan: The Fallacy Of ReUse (Aimee) Calendly (Chuck) Gravity Forms (Chuck) Trello (Chuck) Slack (Chuck) Zoom (Chuck) Talky.io (Greg) SIGNAL (Greg) The Tim Ferriss Show (Greg) Billions (Greg)

Check out Newbie Remote Conf! July 13-15, 2016   02:16 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Twilio Ruby Rogues Episode #258: Twilio with Greg Baugues 02:41 - Developer Evangelism 04:23 - Evangelism at Twilio Jeff Lawson 07:05 - “Evangelism” 10:56 - Getting the Word Out SIGNAL 13:28 - Keeping Up-to-Date Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression 18:28 - Skills to Have as an Evangelist Technical Credibility Patience Empathy Hustle 21:21 - Getting Help From Companies 25:39 - Handling Larger-scale Issues 27:15 - Building an Evangelist Team 29:44 - Panelist Experiences with Evangelism   Picks Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability (Aimee) Udi Dahan: The Fallacy Of ReUse (Aimee) Calendly (Chuck) Gravity Forms (Chuck) Trello (Chuck) Slack (Chuck) Zoom (Chuck) Talky.io (Greg) SIGNAL (Greg) The Tim Ferriss Show (Greg) Billions (Greg)

01:37 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode @142: Depression and Mental Illness with Greg Baugues Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression Devs and Depression 02:51 - Twilio 05:27 - Two-factor Authentication Crash Override Network: So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide to Best Practices Authy Greg Baugues: Passwords are not Enough @ RailsConf 2015 How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking 13:42 - Implementing Security; Why Security is Important and Essential Dan Luu: Normalization of deviance in software: how broken practices become standard 27:26 - Twilio Use Cases Doug Mckenzie Ryan Leslie's SuperPhone: Beating Facebook To The Scalable Personal Messaging Table mRelief How I Taught My Dog to Text Me Selfies Arduino Yún 34:16 - IP Messaging WebRTC iPhreaks Show Episode #129: WebRTC Thomas Gorissen: jQuery for WebRTC @ JS Remote Conf 2015 Talky.io 38:02 - TwiML     Burner 42:46 - Using Twilio to Enhance Business Appointment Reminder SMS Messaging 48:50 - Twilio’s Tech Stack Flask Amazon Web Services (AWS) 50:19 - Opt-outs and Phone Number Validation 52:45 - Lookup SIP 55:46 - Developer Evangelism   Goodbye, Avdi. We will miss you

01:37 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode @142: Depression and Mental Illness with Greg Baugues Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression Devs and Depression 02:51 - Twilio 05:27 - Two-factor Authentication Crash Override Network: So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide to Best Practices Authy Greg Baugues: Passwords are not Enough @ RailsConf 2015 How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking 13:42 - Implementing Security; Why Security is Important and Essential Dan Luu: Normalization of deviance in software: how broken practices become standard 27:26 - Twilio Use Cases Doug Mckenzie Ryan Leslie's SuperPhone: Beating Facebook To The Scalable Personal Messaging Table mRelief How I Taught My Dog to Text Me Selfies Arduino Yún 34:16 - IP Messaging WebRTC iPhreaks Show Episode #129: WebRTC Thomas Gorissen: jQuery for WebRTC @ JS Remote Conf 2015 Talky.io 38:02 - TwiML     Burner 42:46 - Using Twilio to Enhance Business Appointment Reminder SMS Messaging 48:50 - Twilio’s Tech Stack Flask Amazon Web Services (AWS) 50:19 - Opt-outs and Phone Number Validation 52:45 - Lookup SIP 55:46 - Developer Evangelism   Goodbye, Avdi. We will miss you

01:37 - Greg Baugues Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Ruby Rogues Episode @142: Depression and Mental Illness with Greg Baugues Greg Baugues: Devs and Depression Devs and Depression 02:51 - Twilio 05:27 - Two-factor Authentication Crash Override Network: So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide to Best Practices Authy Greg Baugues: Passwords are not Enough @ RailsConf 2015 How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking 13:42 - Implementing Security; Why Security is Important and Essential Dan Luu: Normalization of deviance in software: how broken practices become standard 27:26 - Twilio Use Cases Doug Mckenzie Ryan Leslie's SuperPhone: Beating Facebook To The Scalable Personal Messaging Table mRelief How I Taught My Dog to Text Me Selfies Arduino Yún 34:16 - IP Messaging WebRTC iPhreaks Show Episode #129: WebRTC Thomas Gorissen: jQuery for WebRTC @ JS Remote Conf 2015 Talky.io 38:02 - TwiML     Burner 42:46 - Using Twilio to Enhance Business Appointment Reminder SMS Messaging 48:50 - Twilio’s Tech Stack Flask Amazon Web Services (AWS) 50:19 - Opt-outs and Phone Number Validation 52:45 - Lookup SIP 55:46 - Developer Evangelism   Goodbye, Avdi. We will miss you

Drones and how he integrated it them with Salesforce1 Dreamforce and why he won't be flying drones at inside  How Reid got into Developer Evangelism. Node.js and why he likes it. Why Steven should buy Sublime Text and other favorite text editors The Internet of Things and how Salesforce can fit in. How you can get started with IoT programming at home. How to get started in Salesforce Development as a novice or experienced developer. Polyglot programming on the platform. What makes an effective developer.