Developer Relations Advocates/Evangelists are primarily tasked with ensuring the open source pipelines of whatever companies they represent are operating efficiently by harnessing empathy to get contributors excited and continually interested in their cause.
As part of our Open Source Conversation, Shedrack Akintayo of DevRel Community Africa goes into detail about the reality of Developer Relations and its many facets.
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Shedrack Akintayo is a Developer Relations Professional and Technical Writer with over 5 years of experience in Technology and a track record in Web Engineering, Community Management, and Developer Relations on a global scale. He has given talks/workshops at developer conferences like JS Nation Live 2020, DevRel Asia, DevrelCon, All Things Open among many. He also co-organizes Developer Circles Lagos from Facebook, Open Source Community Africa, and other communities empowering Africa and the world with Technology.
He is the founder of DevRel Community Africa, a community that is fostering the relevance of DevRel across Africa one developer at a time.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/coder_blvck
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/shedrackakintayo
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