Tessa Kriesel

Tessa Kriesel @tessak22

About: CEO at builtfor.dev • Ex: Head of Platform #DevRel at Snap • Alum: Twitter & others • Keynote Speaker • OSS Developer • Women in Tech Advocate • Developer Relations Leader • Raise Mini Cattle

Location:
Waco, TX
Joined:
Mar 6, 2019

Tessa Kriesel
articles - 20 total

What a fantastic event this was.

Financial Post Mortem For The Commit Your Code Conference ...

Learn More 0 0Dec 9 '24

DevRel is Sales

You read that right. DevRel is sales. Before you jump to conclusions, let me explain myself....

Learn More 4 0Dec 17 '24

Navigating the DevRel Job Market

Developer Relations aka DevRel is an ever-changing landscape as the industry becomes more widely...

Learn More 1 0Aug 23 '22

The Snapchat Minis Beta is Expanding

Join Our Growing Developer Community There’s never been a better time to think big by...

Learn More 3 0Jul 12 '22

My DevRel Strategy Breakdown

I've found that most Developer Relations professionals struggle with defining strategy &...

Learn More 0 0Aug 23 '22

What is DevRel?

DevRel is an abbreviation for Developer Relations. Developer Relations is enabling a developer to...

Learn More 7 0Jun 22 '22

Gender Discrimination at Fintech Startup, Fast

My Side of the Story On December 14th, 2020, Domm Holland reached out via Twitter DM and...

Learn More 1 0Mar 3 '22

Your first 30 days in a new DevRel role

Your first 30 days in a new DevRel role will be vastly different company to company. For the sake...

Learn More 5 0Mar 4 '22

How DevRel Programs Drive Business Impact

Developer roles within organizations Developers can play many key roles in an...

Learn More 3 1Feb 3 '22

DevRel Teams: Solitary to Collaborative

Developer Relations is a relatively new industry, at least the term anyways. For me, the most...

Learn More 5 0Feb 1 '22

What I Learned About the Log4j Vulnerability

I was excited to join Lacework for many reasons, but one of the most important was that it provided...

Learn More 8 0Dec 21 '21

How will Lacework’s acquisition of Soluble benefit devs?

I’m absolutely thrilled about Lacework’s newest announcement—we just acquired Soluble, a startup...

Learn More 4 0Nov 12 '21

We're Lacework. We care about security.

You might be worried that this is another brand trying to get a foothold in a community. It’s not....

Learn More 11 0Oct 21 '21

Developer advocacy community launches today 🎉

Mentoring developers is one of my major passions in life. Actually, mentoring anyone is a passion....

Learn More 4 0Sep 23 '21

Developer advocate vs developer relations leader — who to hire first

Do a search for developer advocacy roles—they're on fire. Many founders & leaders are currently...

Learn More 5 0May 11 '21

Where to look for DevRel jobs

Developer Relations roles have never been in demand more than they are now. Finding someone with...

Learn More 6 2Apr 29 '21

Connecting your RSS feed URL for easy publishing to dev.to

This is a spin off from Devocate's post, Where Developers Blog, to help show developers how to connec...

Learn More 27 5Apr 6 '21

Using Orbit to better manage your open source developer project community

Managing an open source project is already a task in itself, let alone worrying about your...

Learn More 3 0Apr 2 '21

Why Your New Software Needs a Developer Community Before Marketing

So, you’re launching a new software product. Where do you start onboarding new users? Who do you...

Learn More 0 0Jan 18 '21

5 Easy Ways to Recognize Who Your Developer Super Fans Are

Your company has super fans, it’s a guaranteed, known fact. You would already be out of business by now if it wasn’t true. So how do you find them so that you engage with them and leverage them for good?

Learn More 8 0Jan 14 '20