Senior Developer Advocate
July 6, 2023DevRel
Being a part of the community and building relationships has been one of the best parts of being a developer advocate. I have been a front end developer since the mid-90’s and specialize in different aspects of the front end.
I was recently working as a Senior Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean. At DigitalOcean, I played a key role in developer engagement and content strategy, contributing to the revitalization of CSS-Tricks through blogging and content creation. I delivered technical presentations and workshops at industry conferences, focusing on Cloud and Generative AI. Additionally, I launched and led CloudChats on Twitch, strengthening live developer interactions. My work in producing YouTube videos, Shorts, and social media content helped expand DigitalOcean’s reach and community impact.
Beyond content creation, I served as Master of Ceremonies for Hacktoberfest, driving engagement in one of DigitalOcean’s largest community events. I collaborated with the App Platform team, influencing roadmap decisions and enhancing community engagement. My focus on tracking key performance metrics ensured that goals were consistently exceeded by 100%. Additionally, I co-hosted a webinar with Tabnine, educating developers on deployment strategies, and fostered cross-functional collaboration to align initiatives with community objectives.
Having the background as a developer, I feel I can relate and empathize with the developer community when it comes to problems, setbacks, and bottlenecks. I aim to be the best bridge I can be between the product and the developer; helping them a long the way as much as I can.
Below you can find a list of some of the contributions to the community I have achieved.
Conferences:
- DevOps Days Rockies 2023 - Denver, CO
- Chain React 2023 - Portland, OR
- Stir Trek 2023 - Columbus, OH
- DevNexus 2022 - Atlanta, GA
Blog Articles:
Harness Blog
- Getting Started with the React SDK
- Trunk Based Development with Feature Flags
- Adventures at MagnoliaJS
- Demystifying Trunk-Based Development
Split Software Blog
- Headache Relief With Proper Usability Testing
- Incremental Testing With Feature Flags
- Up and Running With Git and GitHub
- Git and GitHub at Work
- Git and GitHub in Open Source
- Crafting a Pull Request Template
Podcasts
- Community Pulse - Let’s Chat About AI, Episode 76
- Front End Nerdery Podcast - Season 1, Episode 12
Twitch Streams/YouTube Videos:
- [Dedicated IP on DigitalOcean’s App Platform] (https://youtu.be/eR6kBYn5rbY?si=8bpkZkSHm5adATaU)
- [Showcasing Autoscaling on App Platform] (https://youtu.be/SAfRrlrL7WU?si=wPpPNYWgapKOLMLT)
- [Deploying a Static Site to App Platform] (https://youtu.be/2bU1_p3_a9Y?si=NSkRViIRf5g2XHjE)
- Introducing women to STEM w/Diana Pham
- Making Accessibility Accessible w/Ben Myers
- Implementing the Split Vanilla JS SDK inside a Vue app Part 1!
- Edge Compute & A/B Testing
- Connecting the Dots From Databases to Streaming with PostgreSQL and Apache Kafka!
- Getting Started with the Split Software Vanilla JS SDK!