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Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also an enormous and heavily specialized market, so where an aerospace company might need only a small staff of people who speak aeroese to vendors and clients, if you're selling developer tools you probably need a bunch just for coverage of all the different venues you operate in.

Boeing and other aerospace companies have teams of several hundreds that do this work.

I'm sure. Boeing is also a world-historically huge company. This person worked at Nordcraft.

Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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Man, I’m out of touch. I grew up when tech was us nerds making things. Value was in building things and solving problems. Not in vague connection, curated vulnerability, or coordinating other coordinators.

Nah, that work was always there, silently happening in the background, you just weren't aware of it going on. Various hacker conventions and publications like lwn.net provide intangible value. They haven't gotten anyone yacht money, but they've facilitated more than any of us will ever know.

Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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Man, I’m out of touch. I grew up when tech was us nerds making things. Value was in building things and solving problems. Not in vague connection, curated vulnerability, or coordinating other coordinators.

Don't worry, it's still that too.

Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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How come theres no x-relations in other jobs? You never hear about Nurse Relations or Mechanic Relations.

I have been to all sorts of trade shows and there are as many x-relations as there are trades. Maybe more. Now, can I interest you in our latest rotary evaporator?

Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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Man, I’m out of touch. I grew up when tech was us nerds making things. Value was in building things and solving problems. Not in vague connection, curated vulnerability, or coordinating other coordinators.

Don't worry, it's still that too.

Except the nerds have become managers of an idiot savant.

Re: Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations

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How come theres no x-relations in other jobs? You never hear about Nurse Relations or Mechanic Relations.

How much do you hear about nursing? Do you browse nursingnews.healthcombinator.com on a daily basis just getting updates about the industry? Because that function exists in that industry. Clinical educator, clinical implementation specialist, clinical informatics nurse, clinical nurse consultant, clinical training specialist, professional practice specialist. There's a person doing that role in that industry, just because you haven't heard of it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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