Doing lots of the extrovert stuff turns me introvert. Being introvert for too long drains my social battery. When I was in electronics, we had applications engineers - they looked outward and kept up relationships with customers, and worked on docs and issues and kept up with how our chips were ... - ThreadSky

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sjoy.lol • 48 days ago

Doing lots of the extrovert stuff turns me introvert. Being introvert for too long drains my social battery.

When I was in electronics, we had applications engineers - they looked outward and kept up relationships with customers, and worked on docs and issues and kept up with how our chips were ...

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jakearchibald.com•48 days ago

That's a good description of the introvert/extrovert thing. When we used to do Chrome Dev Summit, it'd be an intense couple of days. Afterwards, there's be a party for everyone involved, but me and a couple of others would find a small Thai restaurant, and have a couple of beers in almost-silence.

sjoy.lol•48 days ago

Ha! Yes, I bet. I'm currently in post-conference comedown - but it's a good kind of comedown. Just need some peace and quiet :)

sjoy.lol•48 days ago

...being put to use out in the wild. That is important work and feels very much like how the devrels work in the software domain.

If you don't have these people in the chain between engineering and the application of the tech - you end up with marketing stressing everyone out, promising the world.

sjoy.lol•48 days ago

Oh lol also alternatively, engineers thinking they know what everyone wants and overcomplicating the product in ways no customers actually want. Sometimes they need someone to say YAGNI!

sjoy.lol•48 days ago

Found these two links, a reddit comment and a job ad - for semiconductor apps engineer roles. I think devrels are the software equivalent. Is it as similar as I suspect it is?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ECE/comments/3pmvfh/comment/cw83qa7/
https://www.vesterling.com/en/job/21422-application-engineer-semiconductor-automotive-custom-ics-dortmund-up-to-40/

jakearchibald.com•48 days ago

Hah yeah, it sounds like there's a lot of overlap there

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