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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:26PM (#23908203)
I wouldn't say it's about confusion, it's just a very online joke.
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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by viejoqueso on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:39PM (#23908333)
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.

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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:52PM (#23908469)
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.
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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by viejoqueso on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:05PM (#23910421)
Again this is not a joke. More information written by other Developer Advocates.

https://blog.usejournal.com/the-birth-of-developer-avocados-...

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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by randyzwitch on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:20PM (#23910571)
From that article, it shows an entire thread of people talking about how a typo lead to a stupid joke

https://twitter.com/NikkitaFTW/status/1009862568129781760

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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by krisoft on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:04PM (#23910988)
How does this link show in your opinion that it's not a joke?
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Re:Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? by ghaff on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:49PM (#23908445)
And she more recently wrote a book on Developer Relations using the same analogy. https://www.amazon.com/Business-Value-Developer-Relations-Co...
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