Work week in the life of a Developer Advocate

Before I became a Developer Advocate, I didn’t really know what developer advocates did - so here’s my attempt at explaining what it is I do for a living!

Weekly breakdown

Here’s a list of my activities during this week:

  • Friday
    • Filmed new ending for video #1
    • Figured out integration options
    • Did k6 Office Hours
    • Prepared for Clubhouse talk
    • Participated in customer demo
  • Saturday
    • Did post-production for k6 Office Hours
    • Talked at a Clubhouse meetup
  • Sunday
    • Wrote (team profile) blog post #1
    • Wrote talking points for Racket
    • Started writing blog post #2
  • Monday
    • Edited video #1
    • Created thumbnail, description
    • Scheduled video #1
  • Tuesday
    • Created slides for presentation
    • Played with Prometheus and Grafana for webinar
    • Had a virtual coffee with colleagues
    • Finished writing blog post #2
  • Wednesday
    • Went to four meetings
    • Caught up on emails, Slack, and social media (last night)
    • Wrote blog post #3
  • Thursday
    • Scripted and filmed videos #2 and #3
    • Started editing video #2
    • Talked to a potential guest on livestream

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