Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:26PM
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I wouldn't say it's about confusion, it's just a very online joke.
Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by viejoqueso on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:39PM
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It's not a joke, it's based on this article by Mary Thengvall. [https://www.marythengvall.com/blog/2018/1/31/developer-avoca...]
It resonated with a lot of the people in that role, specifically with Microsoft Developer Advocates who I've seen share that article quite a bit.
Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:52PM
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A humorous analogy based on something funny that a co-worker did seems like a joke to me. I'm not claiming I invented it, just saying that it doesn't stem from confusion.
Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by viejoqueso on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:05PM
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Again this is not a joke. More information written by other Developer Advocates.
https://blog.usejournal.com/the-birth-of-developer-avocados-...
Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:20PM
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From that article, it shows an entire thread of people talking about how a typo lead to a stupid joke
How does this link show in your opinion that it's not a joke?
And she more recently wrote a book on Developer Relations using the same analogy. https://www.amazon.com/Business-Value-Developer-Relations-Co...
Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now?
by timelincoln on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:13PM
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That is so funny, I didn't know this! hahaha
And a lot of the dev advocates I see on social media (most seem to have a strong presence there) also have an image of an avocado, since apparently a lot of people confuse "developer advocate" with "developer avocado". Just noting that in case you notice a number of people with avocados in their about text and wonder what that's about.