Hi, I'm Sam! 👋
It's really nice to meet you. I'm the Director of Developer Advocacy for Auth0 at Okta, an instructor for egghead, and the author of Getting Started in Developer Relations. I live in the PNW with my family and our scruffy doggo and love spending time in the woods whenever I can.
Growing in your career as a developer or developer advocate is not easy. I'm here to help you as best I can, not by giving you vague motivational speeches, but by sharing practical microskills that compound and become transformative.
If you're just getting to know me, start here:
- The Painfully Shy Developer's Guide to Networking for a Better Job (Without Being Creepy)
- Managing Time as a Developer Advocate (Without Losing Your Mind)
- Where to Start with AWS as a Developer
- How to Ask for Feedback
- How to Self-Mentor
- How to Finish What You Start
- How to Start Doing Dev Rel Right Now
- Get Started with Obsidian as a Developer
- Embrace 1% Days
- When and How to Charge for Your Content
- Growing Your Career as a Developer Advocate
If you like these, feel free to:
- Sign up for the Developer Microskills newsletter at the bottom of the page,
- Check out the rest of my writing, and
- Find me on Twitter.
Looking forward to getting to know you!
Books & Courses
I also write books and make video courses! I love making complex topics accessible to new learners.
Guide to Tiny Experiments
Get the book + audio→
Getting Started in Developer Relations
Get the book→
Cloud Infrastructure Fundamentals
Watch on egghead→
Deploy Ghost to AWS
Watch on egghead→
Angular Basics
Watch on egghead→
Upgrading AngularJS
Get the course→