Developer Relations is a niche field in software engineering. It is an umbrella term for a lot of activities that are geared towards building relationships with developers.

I've been in this field for almost 2 years, and one of the most significant activities as part of my work is to create content, mostly in the form of technical deep dives. But to say that I'm a content writer or technical writer seems like an understatement, and I feel like I might be under-selling myself.

There are several more activities that I (or anyone else in this field) could be involved in. Here are some examples (in no particular order):

• Before even beginning to create content, one would need to do a lot of research, and planning what they create and how they'll execute it in the first place.
• Sometimes the content might be talking about tech, but isn't necessarily a coding tutorial. For example - if my organization is into Retail, I would need to write articles like "What challenges do online retailers face when trying to scale up?" That again involves research and acquiring industry knowledge.
• For the actual content, it's not always text-based. Often someone who's doing the writing also might be involved in creating infographics, and even explore other formats like videos.
• Working with Director of Talent for coming up with creative job ads for hiring developers.
• Working with the Head of Marketing to decide on factors like SEO, and the right platforms to publish the content on.

So if a person working in DevRel does the above activities and need to describe themselves in short, what should they call themselves? Would Content Creator make more sense, or Content Developer? Or are there are other titles that would work better?

What do you think? Let's discuss in the comments below - I'd love to know your thoughts! 😄