Disclaimer: I'm an evangelist. So I think the problem is that some horrible sales shills are using my job title. I wish they would stop, or die. Either way. T

Disclaimer: I'm an evangelist. So I think the problem is that some horrible sales shills are using my job title. I wish they would stop, or die. Either way. The concept of evangelism (in terms of the word) is someone who believes in something telling others about it. For the stuff developer tools that I evangelize at Yahoo! I only do it if I believe it's worthwhile. I say that as a developer. The problem comes when people aren't really evangelists. They have no problem screwing over what they are supposed to be passionate about by lying to people who can spot them a mile away. Developers aren't your average chump. While I don't expect this to be true for lots of companies I hope our evangelists are honest and knowledgeable. If we are ever any other way I'd love to hear about it so I can fix it. The last thing an evangelist should be is someone who drinks their own company's cool aid and doesn't know about the outside world.