Raising the profile of developer advocacy

Trisha Gee: Yes, a lot of people don't know much about developer advocacy, so from a visibility point of view, I think we need to change that. I do get approached by people who are developers and are really interested in what's involved in this job and finding out whether they could actually do a job like this. I also think it's important to expose the profession to graduates and newbies to tech, and tell them that yes, this job exists.

One of the things I really love about developer advocacy comes from the fact that when I was a child, I wanted to be a teacher. That was because my parents are teachers, but also, I liked the idea of teaching people stuff; it's a cool thing to do.

If I had known that I could be a programmer and a teacher at the same time, I think I would have aimed for this career much sooner because this is my sweet spot: being able to do something that's creative and logical like programming...