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The Business Value of Developer Relations

Mary Thengvall

Discover the true value of Developer Relations as you learn to build and maintain positive relationships with your developer community.

17.5 score
#118 overall · #35 in Career & Growth

Score based on developer article recommendations — not sales data or reviews.

Career & GrowthBackend Intermediate CareerProductivityEntrepreneurship
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🟢 Developer Verdict

Hands-on guidance for understanding, building, and scaling Developer Relations programs and teams within a business context.

Read this if

  • You are establishing or growing a Developer Relations team.
  • You need to articulate the strategic value of DevRel to stakeholders.
  • You want to learn how to nurture and maintain developer communities effectively.

Skip this for now if

  • You are seeking hands-on coding examples or technical tutorials.
  • You are already an experienced DevRel leader with established processes.
  • You prefer content focused solely on individual contributor technical skills.
Developer signal: Overwhelming Consensus · 100% 5 analyzed mentions Comprehensive

💬 What Developers Say

"We started reading books, for example, The Business Value of Developer Relations."

— therubyrep · Meta-Observability – Observing the Observers with Jordan Chung · Oct 7, 2021

"I do recommend you pick up Mary’s aforementioned book and pay attention to the section on roles and who you should be hiring."

— jerdog · DevRel is like coffee.. and other profundities. · Jan 3, 2019

"It goes more in-depth and talks about the importance of nurturing a community, maintaining positive relations, building a team of DevRels, and much more."

— amanhimself · 2021 - A year in review · Jan 10, 2022

Based on 5 developer article mentions

👤 Who Should Read This

Best for

  • Developers looking to grow their careers

Less ideal for

  • Developers wanting immediate hands-on tutorials
Difficulty: Intermediate Style: Reference-worthy

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● DEVby jerdog· Jan 3, 2019
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A Fifth Pillar of Developer Relations

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A (very) small list of cool DevRel people and groups you should know about

● DEVby james_bohrman· Mar 4, 2021
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Meta-Observability – Observing the Observers with Jordan Chung

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2021 - A year in review

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