The Developer Advocate Manifesto is a living document that sets of guidelines for developers commited to advocating for their fellow dev.
There are many wonderful developer advocates that are working on behalf of their companies to build amazing communities.
Shouldn't developers be committed to helping one another to achieve successs as much as possible?
This is an document created hoping to identify allies in the growth of likeminded developers and willing to pass on advice and assistance as possible.
The Manifesto (as currently defined in Manifesto.md)
- The value of the Developer is more important than the code they write or the company they write for.
- The Developer should be valued and respected regardless of seniority, experience, or popularity.
- Although disagreements in practice may come, It is my responsibility to address differences with empathy and compassion with the desire to learn, teach, and grow.
- The things we build should not be used to discriminate or disadvantage others. I commit to creating ethical code and am willing to contribute it towards the success of others both in and out of development industry.
It is my mission to help my fellow Developer in the growth of their knowledge and opportunity. I recognize the path to and through a Developer's career can be challenging and I agree to support them how I am able, wether at the beginning, middle, or end of that journey.
I think that most developers would look at this document and say "Yeah, I do that," but I want to challenge that idea. Not just in the idea of giving money but giving empathy and committing to action.
Many folks want to point others to a blog post or conference talk, and while those are great ways to learn, they dismiss the conversation to be had, the fears to be addressed and the person that was just assigned homework to.
Acting dismissive does not address some of the very real concerns, like imposter syndrome, fear of failure, and a lack of exposure to positive examples in the industry.
I want to encouage active advocacy for each other in the developer community. This goes beyond the idea of a shout out or pointing someone to a resource. This is encouraging active development into the professional lives of our peers and the ability to build a more compassion and empathetic developer community.
Agree the Manifesto by
- forking this project and allowing it to exist in your github profile.
- including the badge on your website.
You can contribute to the manifesto by:
- Agreeing to the manifesto
- Submitting an issue with the tag addition
- Having the issue approved by the maintainers of the project
Your name will be added to the Contributors.md file.
Any technical work that is in support of the project is licensed under the MIT license.
To contibute work to the Manifesto project:
- submit an issue
- have the issue approved as an addition to the project
- fork the repo and make desired changes
- submit changes as a pull request into the main project
By doing so, Your name will be added as a contributor.
The manifesto and all assets representing the manifesto and membership are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.