[geerlingguy]

> it’s typically called a Developer Advocate or a Developer Evangelist

And a lot of the dev advocates I see on social media (most seem to have a strong presence there) also have an image of an avocado, since apparently a lot of people confuse "developer advocate" with "developer avocado". Just noting that in case you notice a number of people with avocados in their about text and wonder what that's about.

[randyzwitch]

I wouldn't say it's about confusion, it's just a very online joke.

[viejoqueso]

It's not a joke, it's based on this article by Mary Thengvall. [https://www.marythengvall.com/blog/2018/1/31/developer-avoca...]

It resonated with a lot of the people in that role, specifically with Microsoft Developer Advocates who I've seen share that article quite a bit.

[randyzwitch]

A humorous analogy based on something funny that a co-worker did seems like a joke to me. I'm not claiming I invented it, just saying that it doesn't stem from confusion.

[viejoqueso]

Again this is not a joke. More information written by other Developer Advocates.

https://blog.usejournal.com/the-birth-of-developer-avocados-...

[randyzwitch]

From that article, it shows an entire thread of people talking about how a typo lead to a stupid joke

https://twitter.com/NikkitaFTW/status/1009862568129781760

[krisoft]

How does this link show in your opinion that it's not a joke?

[ghaff]

And she more recently wrote a book on Developer Relations using the same analogy. https://www.amazon.com/Business-Value-Developer-Relations-Co...

[timelincoln]

That is so funny, I didn't know this! hahaha