Episode 245 Thorsten Schaeff, Developer Experience Engineer at ElevenLabs
In this episode, we’re drilling more into the vocational aspect of DevRel, with our guest Thorsten Schaeff. Thor has recently become the Developer Experience Engineer at ElevenLabs, an AI Audio research and deployment company, and he’s based out of Singapore, having moved there with Stripe six years ago.
Thor tells us that the common thread amongst his various roles has been the learning and teaching aspects, and he’s been lucky enough to be able to follow his interests for the majority of his career. We agree with him on the point that if you are driven by wanting to help and teach people, then DevRel is the place for you.
We also talk about his multi-modal approach to publishing content. Not only do you need to be targeting all platforms, with both long and short form content, these channels all need to interact with each other as well, and present as a cohesive front.
He leaves us with a lovely reminder of just how rewarding it can be to see someone create something great with a technology you taught them to use.
Reach out to Thorsten here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorwebdev/
Check out ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/
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Episode 244 Karl Hughes Founder of Draft.dev and The Podcast Consultant
Some people spend their whole lives looking for their “superpower”, but if you’re a DevRel, you’ve probably already found yours. Today we’re speaking to Founder of Draft.dev, Karl Hughes about his path through the startup world, and the ever-changing landscape it operates in.
Draft.dev is a developer focused content agency, and with Karl we learn about the epic highs and lows that he and the company have been through in this industry. Any small business owners or startup founders can relate to the realities of Karl’s journey - one day your cash is flowing, the next it’s a dead stop and only those with true skill and dedication can run a company that successfully traverses both eras.
We discuss the effects that AI is having on DevRel, as well as the return to in-person events. Karl has been the very definition of hands-on with his projects, and it has allowed him to gain an extremely well rounded understanding of the technical aspects of running a company.
Be sure to give it a listen!
Reach out to Karl here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karllhughes/
Check out Draft.dev: https://draft.dev/
Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast
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Episode 243 Carolina Paradas, Vice President of Growth at Fidel API
We’re back from our break this week with an excellent chat about the world of Fintech! Carolina Paradas is the Vice President of growth at Fidel API, a classic aggregation API that lets you act on payments in real time. And with code on the homepage, we already know that they’ve got an outlook we can get on board with.
Carolina’s role is focused largely, as she tells us, on enabling people to do the best work they can. She monitors sales, customer success and marketing, and ensures that anything client-facing represents the company correctly. As you can imagine, this type of work requires much in the way of collaboration and people skills, something Carolina brings to the table in droves.
One thing to pay attention to in this episode is Carolina’s focus on developing synergy with others in her field. Through a mutual exchange of ideas, goals and everything down to contract details, it seems that Devrels in Fintech are doing an excellent job.
Reach out to Carolina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-p-693b418a/
Check out Fidel: https://fidelapi.com/
Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast
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Episode 242 Juan Cruz Viotti, Founder of Source Meta
Today, we’re sitting down for an in-depth technical discussion with Juan Cruz Viotti, the Founder of Sourcemeta, a top provider of JSON Schema tooling and services. Juan has been working in the space for a long time, so we’re delighted to be getting his insight into this field.
A lot of people have a love/hate relationship with JSON Schema, and much of that originates from the fact that, despite what people may think, it is a constraint language, not a modelling one. Juan explains to us that one of the reasons people can find it so painful is that the language is extremely powerful and expressive. Through his work, he is determined to help people learn and get to grips with it, so it doesn’t seem so intimidating.
Finally, he tells us about what Sourcemeta is currently working on, and how they are continuing to evangelise and promote JSON Schema. They are diving head first into the conference space, and will soon have a desktop app to further aid people in their understanding of the language and how it works.
Reach out to Juan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jviotti/
Check out Sourcemeta: https://www.sourcemeta.com/
Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast
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Episode 241 Alex Rattray, Founder of Stainless
Today we’re sitting down for a chat with Alex Rattray, founder of Stainless, to talk about what they do, and how AI could be shaking up the SDK space in a big way.
Stainless is an SDK generator that helps create high quality SDKs for rest APIs. Alex’s reason for starting the company is simple. He wanted to serve developers in a million different ways. That could be why the Stainless website homepage features a wall of code - they know who their audience is.
With every programming language carrying its own nuances, SDK generation can be a mammoth task, especially developing them to the standard that Stainless holds itself to.
It was a pleasure speaking to Alex, not least because it’s so clear that, for him, the value of developer experience comes first and foremost.
Reach out to Alex here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexrattray/
Check out Stainless: https://www.stainless.com/
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This DevRel focused podcast allows entrepreneur, author and coder Richard Rodger to introduce you to interesting leaders and experienced professionals in the tech community. Richard and his guests chat not just about their current work or latest trend, but also about their experiences, good and bad, throughout their career. DevRel requires so many different skills and you can come to it from so many routes, that this podcast has featured conference creators, entrepreneurs, open source maintainers, developer advocates and community managers. Join us to learn about just how varied DevRel can be and get ideas to expand your work, impact and community.
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