Developer Relations
| Company | Date Applied |
|---|---|
| Smallstep | 2022-09-19 |
| EdgeDB | 2022-09-20 |
| Layer0 via Moovweb | 2022-09-20 |
| Aptible | 2022-09-20 |
| Klutch | 2022-09-24 |
| Coherence | 2022-09-24 |
| Contentful | 2022-09-25 |
| RapidAPI | 2022-09-25 |
| Neon | 2022-09-25 |
| Alcion | 2022-10-08 |
| Xata.io | 2022-10-08 |
| Anima | 2022-10-08 |
| Square | 2022-10-09 |
| Toast | 2022-10-09 |
Developer
| Company | Date Applied |
|---|---|
| StickerMule | 2022-09-19 |
| Aspiration | 2022-09-22 |
| Customer.io | 2022-09-22 |
| Juro | 2022-09-22 |
| Pacaso | 2022-09-22 |
| Gusto | 2022-09-22 |
Cover Letters
Alcion
Developers are a difficult audience to reach. They hate being sold to and can smell a pitch from a mile away. Reaching them requires a delicate touch.
I’ve been a software developer for 9 years now, and I’ve been fostering my passion for communicating with other developers and teaching them what I know. I’d love to chat and see if there’s a way for me to apply my skills to contribute at Alcion.
If you want content, I can definitely help there. I’ve written and produced dozens of videos on my YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/raddevon). You can see hundreds of articles I’ve written at my web site (https://raddevon.com/). I was recognized two consecutive years by dev.to as one of their distinguished authors (https://dev.to/raddevon). I’ve had articles published on the Entrepreneur Magazine site (https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hiring-a-freelancer/242406), CSS-Tricks (https://css-tricks.com/an-intro-to-web-app-testing-with-cypress-io/), and Simple Programmer (https://simpleprogrammer.com/freelance-programmer/), and I was a guest on the CodeNewbie podcast (https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast/should-you-start-freelancing). In the roughly 5 years I’ve been focused on reaching developers, my content has reached hundreds of thousands of them. I would love to see how I can use my techniques, and develop brand new ones, to help Alcion grow a developer community. I’ve attached a brief one-page resume for your review.
I currently live in Seattle Washington, but I intend to move to Portugal as soon as I can wrangle the bureaucracy to make that happen. If that sounds workable and if the rest sounds like I might be a fit, let’s talk more. I’ll bring great communication, clear writing, and proven ideas on how to engage developers.
Anima
Developers are a difficult audience to reach. They hate being sold to and can smell a pitch from a mile away. Reaching them requires a delicate touch.
I’ve been a software developer for 9 years now, and I’ve been fostering my passion for communicating with other developers and teaching them what I know. I’d love to chat and see if there’s a way for me to apply my skills to contribute at Anima.
In addition to the written content you’ll find on my web site (raddevon.com) and the video you’ll find on my YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/raddevon), I ran a monthly developer meetup even in Seattle. In a year of my organizing the event, I was able to secure a consistent venue and sponsorship, develop all content, teach live to developers through those events, and grow the group by 70% (from 1,000 to 1,700 members). I’ve grown a large community online as well. My site has served hundreds of thousands of developers, and I’ve brought others into the fold being featured on CSS-Tricks, Simple Programmer, and the CodeNewbie podcast. I’d love to apply my passion for teaching and engaging developers and everything I’ve learned about engaging a developer community to help Anima grow.
I currently live in Seattle Washington, but I intend to move to Portugal as soon as I can wrangle the bureaucracy to make that happen. If that sounds workable and if the rest sounds like I might be a fit, let’s talk more. I’ll bring great communication, clear writing, and proven ideas on how to engage developers.