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That sounds like an amazing job, which I never heard of. How did you get into that?
by developer93 4y ago
That sounds like an amazing job, which I never heard of. How did you get into that?
- anyfactor 4y agoGet this. I got hired because of an HN comment [0]. I will write about the whole story someday. Our founder is active on HN. I was applying to customer success engineer or technical support roles. Then one day, I mentioned my customer success strategy on a thread. The comment wasn't even top level. Our CEO saw it and he emailed me. He told me that, he really liked my comment, and he was looking for someone like me for their very first hire for a DevRel position. I was very afraid to apply because developer relations or developer advocate roles usually require a more mature and professional software engineer. Someone who is part of the industry. I have been freelancing for around 5 years at that time, but never had any organizational experience and drop comments on HN and Reddit threads a lot. We talked casually over email a bit than he offered me the job. It was really like a miracle to be honest. I have been in this role for 7 months, and I am very happy. This role was made for me. :D [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31857069#31858624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31857069#31858624