David G. Simmons
Special guest
David is the Head of Developer Relations at QuestDB, helping developers around the globe manage the streams of data that their IoT and other devices produce. He helped to develop the very first IoT Developer Platform before “IoT” was even ‘a thing.’ He’s currently building out the Developer Relations Platform for QuestDB, a small Time Series Database Platform based in London, UK.
David G. Simmons has been a guest on 1 episode.
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DevRel at the Foundation (Ep 51)
September 17th, 2020 | 48 mins
As companies are starting to realize that Developer Relations can be a competitive advantage, we’ve been noticing more and more job descriptions for Developer Advocates or DevRel Professionals who are the first non-engineering hire at early-stage startups. But when you’re an early hire working alongside the founder and a few engineers, what does your role look like? How is it different from joining a company as employee #30, 120, or even 1432? Mary, SJ, and Wesley chat with David G Simmons, Taylor Barnett, and Aydrian Howard to talk about being DevRel number one.