Codemotion Berlin 2019 I Tim Messenschmidt, Develop Relations and Community at Google
summary
Developer relations centers on two concrete practices: empathy as the primary skill and being an advocate for developers inside the company, not a marketing megaphone. It treats Germany as a decentralized market—Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt and others require city-by-city outreach—so face-to-face trust needs distributed events. Daily tools include bookable office hours, concise cross-channel messages, and pulling developer feedback back into product teams; measurable success is building useful company-developer connections rather than counting promo hits.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 0:08Skills Needed for a Good Practitioner in Developer Relations and Community Management
- 3:01Concise Communication
- 5:31Summary
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