What the Heck Is a Developer Advocate?
Let’s try to understand if lawyers are the new developer advocates
As soon as we hear the term developer advocate, the question arises: Do we really need an advocate degree (that is, an LLB) to become a developer advocate or will lawyers start to become advocates for any legal complication for developers? Obviously, to protect us from any legal complication, we require an advocate. That is totally true, but the developer advocate is a somewhat different field altogether.
Table of Contents
· Who is a developer advocate?
· Roles and responsibilities of a developer advocate
∘ Content
∘ Community
∘ Code
· Know whether being a developer advocate suits you
∘ Travelling
∘ Opportunity
∘ Personal brand
∘ Social personality
Who Is a Developer Advocate?
A developer advocate is a purely technical person who has coding experience or enough knowledge about the entire software development life cycle and paradigm. A developer advocate works for the interest of software developers and the product team so that both work in sync for the growth of the organisation. The developer advocate role is a very creative field since one has to wear the multiple hats of orator and communicator and one thinks through the mindset of the product and…
