What is Developer Relations?
I've been in Developer Relations (DevRel) for nearly two years and recently I've been doing some thinking, career planning, reflection and such. And as part of that I've been doing some research on what others within the DevRel community do as part of their roles and their career paths etc. But I've also been doing some research with a wider audience and I found that some folks weren't sure what Developer Relations or had never heard of it. So I thought it would be good to give you my definition of it.
Developer Relations or DevRel as you'll sometimes hear it referred to is the department or umbrella term within a company that is responsible for helping to build a community and help that community. Under this department you'll find Advocacy, Events, Community Management, Content, Documentation and a lot more... And obviously every company will define their Developer Relations department differently, so it might not include all those things. 😉
Developer Relations is something that's relatively new, but when we think of technical community engagement it's been around since like the 50s or 60s. Developer Relations isn't trying to reinvent the wheel in that space, it's just trying to make it better. And as things evolve terminology has changed as well.
