---
type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 21
guests:
  - tim-benniks
recording_date: March 25, 2021 11:00 AM
season: 1
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/main-codingcatdev-photo/vwb6zojoyln2d6oxudz8.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/1-21-becoming-a-developer-advocate-1o5c
excerpt: Learn from Tim Benniks about how he changed from being a director of Web Development into his new role as a Developer advocate
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-1-21-becoming-a-developer-advocate
picks:
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    {
      author: 'alex-patterson',
      name: 'Earning Developer Love',
      site: 'https://developermode.com/services/'
    },
    {
      author: 'alex-patterson',
      name: 'What exactly do developer advocates do?',
      site: 'https://www.keyvalues.com/blog/what-exactly-do-developer-advocates-do'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'What the heck is a Developer Advocate?',
      site: 'https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-the-heck-is-a-developer-advocate-87ab4faccfc4/'
    },
    { author: 'brittney-postma', name: 'Jason Ipsum', site: 'https://jason-ipsum.netlify.app/' },
    {
      author: 'tim-benniks',
      name: 'No rules rules culture about Netflix',
      site: 'https://www.amazon.com/No-Rules-Netflix-Culture-Reinvention/dp/1984877860'
    }
  ]
slug: 1-21-becoming-a-developer-advocate
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VFtwROKlIMv8X9k5tfeNf?si=gByHd3y8QNmSnjc-0UXe8A
start: May 19, 2021
title: Becoming a Developer Advocate
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJUXh3Dnd_M
---

## Questions

1. How did you make the decision to move from a very top level director position into a Developer Advocate role?
2. What does a Developer Advocate do day to day?
3. How has COVID impacted DevlRel
4. How would you describe a DevRel Team?
   - Developer Evangelist
   - Developer Advocate
   - Developer Experience
   - Developer Marketing
5. How do you build up a DevRel Team, what are the KPI's that would say it is actually working?

## Links

- [Developer Relations: The Ultimate Guide](https://opensenselabs.com/blog/articles/developer-relations-ultimate-guide)
