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Seems DevRel budget cuts is a global phenomena for our profession

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ow, nice blog design!

Ashley this was so beautiful ❤️ thank you so much for writing it, and I can see you deeply in every word of your lovely article

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Great article, and great domain 🙏

Go go go! You’re gonna make me blog again too!

Well done!

This resonated a lot, thank you so much for sharing 💚

This was great, thanks

Great write up and reflects exactly what I've seen and felt the last few years.

This sentence says it all: "And it means understanding that you don’t have to be the loudest person in the room to make an impact, you just have to be clear, honest, and grounded in service." And if I wasn't an old retired fart, I'd want to work for you.

Without champions in this space to bridge the disparate needs of biz and devs, things would look mighty grim: people would burn & churn, soulless products would proliferate!

Thanks for updating this. As someone still trying to break into that role (but without much hope for doing so), it feels these days like it's one that's disappearing and may not even be around in a few years

Love this! Thanks for sharing it 😁

ALL OF THIS. I was impacted by layoffs at DigitalOcean that happened a few months back. Interview after interview with no outcome is frustrating. I am personally ready to walk way from this industry/tech because I do feel with every rejection, it has failed me. You can only get pushed so far.

This is the link I'll use when someone asks me what we do.

Great post. Thanks for putting it together! I’ve been saying for years that Developer Relations is all about relations and people, and to build those relations, you must earn trust.

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Phenomenal piece. Was worth every minute. Looking forward to hearing more from you on the delicate and valuable topic of developer advocacy

I felt seen reading this - and it felt like you were talking to me personally - such a great post, thank you! <3

I really like the metrics section! Nicely articulates how there isn't one set of Good DevRel Metrics™️ but it's connecting the value of your work to the specific needs of the project at that specific time.

This post matches so much of what I'm feeling right now. I wasn't part of the DevRel space pre-pandemic to compare against, but right now feels so incredibly uncertain. All through it I've just been trying to hold on to the incredibly rewarding feeling of helping people as best I can.

I really liked the messy parts you mentioned, Ashley. It was so hard to open up and be vulnerable with the messiness when others don’t seem to welcome them. On my end, I’ve been advocating via my courses, previously for the fundamentals of Web dev, but I guess that changed and it’s now messier.

Awesome post! Lots of things that resonate deeply with me! 🙏🏻❤️