Hi, I'm Sam! 👋
It's really nice to meet you. I'm the Director of Developer Relations for Auth0, an instructor for egghead, and the author of Getting Started in Developer Relations. I live in the PNW with my wife 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 that ignore big issues, but by sharing microskills I've learned that can 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→