Developer relations conferences

Baruch Sadogursky: You'll find ge-neral topics like empathy and ethical questions, then you'll also find very practical topics, such as how to create a successful presentation or what the best style for technical writing is. There are talks about the stuff that we all care about, which includes key performance indicators (KPIs), measurements, justification, budgeting, and so on.

Geertjan Wielenga: Are you saying that there is this whole community supporting people who are doing developer relations?

Baruch Sadogursky: Yes. There is another conference, run by Evans Data, called Developer Relations Conference. I've never been, so I can't really testify, but from the content and the organization, it looks like more of an old-school evangelism thing. Also, it costs $1,000, which makes it not really accessible for most of the community.

Geertjan Wielenga: How did these developer relations con-ferences come about in the first place...