Building Trust in the World of DevRel with Taylor Barnett
Taylor Barnett, Staff Developer Advocate at PlanetScale, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss building trust and working across departments in the world of DevRel. Taylor explores the interesting intersection of post-pandemic DevRel events, and how the fact that most DevRel professionals are new to the role impacts the way metrics are interpreted. Taylor also reveals how DevRel relates to sales, marketing, and support to drive not only trust and adoption, but also revenue. Corey and Taylor also explore how the ROI of DevRel activities such as keynotes is often hard to measure but important to understand.
About Taylor
Taylor Barnett is a Staff Developer Advocate at PlanetScale. She is passionate about building great developer experiences emphasizing empathy within product, documentation, and other developer-facing projects. For the past decade, Taylor has worked at various data and API-focused startups in software development and developer relations. In her free time, as a firm believer in "touching grass," she's either gardening, taking long walks, climbing rocks with friends, trying to find the funkiest sour beers, or hanging out with her corgi, Yoda, and spouse in Austin, Texas.
Links Referenced:
- PlanetScale: https://planetscale.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylor_atx
- Personal website: https://taylorbar.net
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