What is Developer Experience?

What is Developer Experience? Edson Yanaga @yanaga

@yanaga 2 @yanaga

@yanaga 4 Make developers awesome

@yanaga 5 The d(x) equation

@yanaga 6 d(x)=value/time

@yanaga 7 Bad d(x)

@yanaga 8 Was quick, but did nothing Did a lot,
but took forever

@yanaga 9 Good d(x)

@yanaga 10 It’s fast, and productive

@yanaga 11 Who?

@yanaga 12 Who is the Developer Advocate?

@yanaga 13 It’s a Senior Role

@yanaga 14 It’s a People Role

@yanaga 15 It’s a Technical Role

@yanaga 16 It’s an Entertainment Role

@yanaga 17 It’s a Sales Role

@yanaga 18 Internal/External Developer Advocate

19 Pillars of DX

@yanaga 20 #1 Product Management

@yanaga 21 Do I have the right features?

@yanaga 22 Is my API consistent?

@yanaga 23 Is it easy to use?

@yanaga 24 Is it productive?

@yanaga 25 #2 Developer Feedback

@yanaga 26 Am I talking to right people?

@yanaga 27 Can I feel the same pain?

@yanaga 28 Can I explain what’s needed?

@yanaga 29 #3 Developer Evangelism

@yanaga 30 Can you connect with the audience?

@yanaga 31 Do you emphatize or sympathize?

@yanaga 32 Are you trustable?

@yanaga 33 How tight can you hug?

@yanaga 34

@yanaga 35 Thank you!

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