DevRelCon 2022

When my colleague talks about DevRelCon, they said it is like a meta conference. Is it my second time attending DevRelCon. The last time it was before the pandemic in London. This time it is in Prague, a city I have never been to before. So it is very exciting for me.

Day 1 - DevRelCon Day 1

For day 1 of the conference. I chose to talk there from the hotel. However, it was raining and 2 degrees C so it is not a very nice experience. Also, I got lost and was unable to find the entrance to the event. But I catch up with Valerio on the way so we managed to find the entrance together.

After registering, the conference started and it started with a hypothetical conversation about why marketers need to work with the RevRel team. I found it interesting and had much to learn.

Then it is followed by a talk about the DevOpDays around the world during the pandemic.

It is followed by a talk about how DevRel can survive economic downturns.

After the coffee break where I met up with other DevRel friends who work for other companies. We come back to a small introduction about DevRelCon in Japan. I am very tempted to go to that one as well.

Then we attend a talk which is about how to scale up the communities.

After lunch, we have a panel session.

Then there is a talk about managing CfP.

And a talk that uses the physiological breakdown of how the community is all about oxytocin.

After all these talks, of cause, we were given a lot of opportunities for socialising and talking to other DevRels. We end up talking to a DevRel with 12 years of experience and he gave us very useful pieces of advice.

Day 2 - DevRelCon Day 2

Day 2, it starts with a talk about how to advocate for company culture.

Next, it’s about advocacy within the company.

After we attend a talk about how to start a champion program. Which can be quite useful information for us.

After lunch, we have 3 lighting talks.

Then we have a Zoom call so we went out to a quiet place for it. After that, I talked to a few other DevRel in the “hall track”. I wish I have more time to talk to more people.

Then I attend a talk about diversity. This is something that we care about a lot in the community so it is very interesting.

It’s almost at the end. The last talk was about how we can up our value in DevRel, I found it very useful and inspiring.

Then it all comes to the end. I enjoy this conference. I feel that I learnt a lot at this conference and the community is so nice. Everyone is very supportive and I feel that we understand each other and therefore we are super supportive of each other. I wish to go to more of this as this is very helpful in helping the team move forward and plan our journey to be better.



About Cheuk Ting Ho

After having a career as a Data Scientist and Developer Advocate, Cheuk dedicated her work to the open-source community. She has co-founded Humble Data, a beginner Python workshop that has been happening around the world. She has served the EuroPython Society board for two years and is now a fellow and director of the Python Software Foundation.

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