697: What is DevRel with Salma Alam-Naylor

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Salma Alam-Naylor all about her role in DevRel, what’s involved in working in DevRel, avoiding burnout, which platforms to focus on, and so much more. Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 01:07 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:52 New jobs and onboarding 03:34 What is Devrel? 11:34 How much of devrel is using your own product? Dogfooding the service? 14:49 What are things devrel people do? 20:32 Devrel burnout issues 24:53 Once you put a number on something, you’re measuring that number 29:31 Is there any way to know if devrel is working? 33:47 How could someone get into devrel? 37:37 What platforms should you focus on? 44:12 What’s something devrel gets wrong? 47:50 What do you think about speaking at conferences? 51:58 What do you use to stay up on with tech? 53:59 Sick picks Sick Picks Wikipedia on Hell.com Web Archive of Hell.com Fffffound https://twitter.com/webdesignmuseum Shameless Plugs Follow Salma on Twitch Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads