Brian Rinaldi - Developer Advocacy and Fostering Community
Season 5, Episode 1 | March 22, 2022
In today's episode, Dan and Bekah talk to Brian Rinaldi about doing DevRel (Developer Relations) right and playing to your team's strengths. We also talk about the importance of connection and why we as developers need to support each other.

Brian Rinaldi
Brian Rinaldi is a Developer Experience Engineer at LaunchDarkly with over 20 years experience as a developer for the web. Brian is actively involved in the community running developer meetups via CFE.dev and Orlando Devs. He's the editor of the Jamstacked newsletter and co-author of The Jamstack Book from Manning.
Show Notes:
This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Brian Rinaldi, a Developer Experience Engineer at LaunchDarkly with over 20 years of experience as a developer for the web, about how Developer Relationships has changed over the years and why need not just remote community experiences but also in-person opportunities. We talk about the value of different types of communities and how each is necessary to support developers.
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