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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by hinkley on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:38AM (#23907686)
They used to call it Technical Sales in the circles I travel.
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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by Alex3917 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:12PM (#23908048)
Tech Sales is focused on closing accounts, whereas Dev Rels do things like teaching developers how to use a company's APIs at hackathons. It's like the difference between conversion marketing and brand advertising.
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