DevRel is like coffee shops

A presentation at DevConf.cz in January 2019 in Brno, Czechia by Jeremy Meiss

Slide 1

Slide 1

DevRel 

Slide 2

Slide 2

2008 - 2010

Slide 3

Slide 3

Slide 4

Slide 4

Slide 5

Slide 5

What is “DevRel”?

Slide 6

Slide 6

February 3, 2000 Developer + Relations

Slide 7

Slide 7

Relations(hips) with Developer(s)

Slide 8

Slide 8

 build relationships with the developer community - Mary Thengvall

Slide 9

Slide 9

Slide 10

Slide 10

—>

Slide 11

Slide 11

Slide 12

Slide 12

 Ruthlessly eliminate any barrier that keeps you from building a relationship with your target audience, and them with you - me

Slide 13

Slide 13

What does this have to do with DevRel?

Slide 14

Slide 14

Slide 15

Slide 15

Slide 16

Slide 16

Slide 17

Slide 17

Slide 18

Slide 18

Slide 19

Slide 19

Slide 20

Slide 20

 Um, I’ll just have a cup of co ee… - Befuddled co ee shop patron

Slide 21

Slide 21

Slide 22

Slide 22

“Coffee snob? Who, me?”

Slide 23

Slide 23

Slide 24

Slide 24

Slide 25

Slide 25

Slide 26

Slide 26

So what does this have to do with DevRel?

Slide 27

Slide 27

 To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. - Douglas Adams

Slide 28

Slide 28

So about this coffee/devrel metaphor?

Slide 29

Slide 29

Equipment

Slide 30

Slide 30

Proper Tools

Slide 31

Slide 31

Water

Slide 32

Slide 32

Slide 33

Slide 33

 the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner - Merriam-Webster

Slide 34

Slide 34

Empathy, aka Advocacy

Slide 35

Slide 35

 Developers don’t care what you know, until they know that you care. - Me

Slide 36

Slide 36

Temp

Slide 37

Slide 37

Community

Slide 38

Slide 38

Barista

Slide 39

Slide 39

The Team

Slide 40

Slide 40

Slide 41

Slide 41

Slide 42

Slide 42

Beans

Slide 43

Slide 43

Beans

Slide 44

Slide 44

Fresh Product

Slide 45

Slide 45

Slide 46

Slide 46

Slide 47

Slide 47

Slide 48

Slide 48

Slide 49

Slide 49

Slide 50

Slide 50

Slide 51

Slide 51

Slide 52

Slide 52

Slide 53

Slide 53

Slide 54

Slide 54

Slide 55

Slide 55

Slide 56

Slide 56

Q&A