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Developer Advocate Amotivational Syndrome
Steven PoustyOpenShift/Red Hat@TheSteve0 on Twitter, IRC, SmugMug, Github,Ingress, Instagram, and Skype
http://bit.ly/amotivation
What is it
BURNOUT
DEPRESSION
Not Covering
● All The Reasons People Leave a Dev Rel job○ Could be you don’t like the job○ Could be you need to make more money
● All the things that can suck the joy out of life● Some of the reasons that seemed only due to particular issues in
my life
Assumptions
You care A LOT about your product(s)
You care A LOT about your users
You have a strong personality - different from an extrovert.
You like having friends and a life outside work
You are mortal
Causes
ExamplesMarketing trying to force traditional (or dumb) marketing on developers
Engineers or Management, with no real user experience, making design decisions without feedback or testing
Same group if they don’t actually “dog food” the product
WHY:You care about your product
You are about being honest with your users
Apply Liberally
ExamplesDoing a road show along with your normal travel schedule for 2.5 months
Travel to 3 week long shows in a month and a half
Travel so much you can’t remember which of the last 3 places you parked your car is the one that applies to this trip
WHY:Because it is exhausting
Because you like friends and having a life
ExamplesOne big one for me
Job that saw Dev Advocates as support and doc people - no CFP or travel for 4 months and none on the horizon
See us as the people who will write all the documentation
WHY:You didn’t apply for those positions
You want to get out and help your users
This is differentAs a Dev Advocate you are bridge - you are particularly sensitive to team problems
ExampleTeams can’t communicate or agree on who is in charge
A lot of bad blood between members of the same team = a lot of politics
Too many chefs
WHY:You want to do your job well
If you wanted politics you would be in management
ExampleNot having any product
Not doing mostly dev advocate work
WHY:Ummmm because you want to do your job
You are passionate and if not directed that energy goes to bad places
Fixes
Get a Therapist
Pay Attention
Say NoMostly to yourself
Take a Break
Calm The Fuck Down
Switch HatsFor a little while
Stop Caring
Leave
Developer Advocate Amotivational Syndrome
Steven PoustyOpenShift/Red Hat@TheSteve0 on Twitter, IRC, SmugMug, Github,Ingress, Instagram, and Skype
http://bit.ly/amotivation