--- title: DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past. description: A critique of broken DevRel (Developer Relations) hiring practices, identifying eight common dysfunctions: using outdated metrics, demanding unpaid sample... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/devrel-builds-the-future-and-gets-hired-for-the-past--ez0pbr8ll twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past. | daily.dev og:description: A critique of broken DevRel (Developer Relations) hiring practices, identifying eight common dysfunctions: using outdated metrics, demanding unpaid sample... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/devrel-builds-the-future-and-gets-hired-for-the-past--ez0pbr8ll og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ez0Pbr8LL.png og:image:alt: DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past. **[Tatiana](https://daily.dev/sources/we99meso20lw9ax54rjop)** · [@devopspink](https://daily.dev/devopspink) · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critique of broken DevRel (Developer Relations) hiring practices, identifying eight common dysfunctions: using outdated metrics, demanding unpaid sample work, and penalizing candidates for the very reach they were originally hired to build. The piece argues these symptoms stem from a single underlying fear. ## Content Screening advocates with metrics a model recites in 3 seconds. Unpaid “sample videos.” Rejected for the reach you were hired for. Eight symptoms of broken DevRel hiring, and the one fear underneath. 👇 [https://devops.pink/devrel-hiring-for-yesterday/](https://devops.pink/devrel-hiring-for-yesterday/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Goodbye, forever, probably.](https://daily.dev/posts/goodbye-forever-probably--by2ug4plj) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#devrel](https://daily.dev/tags/devrel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/devrel-builds-the-future-and-gets-hired-for-the-past--ez0pbr8ll) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/devrel-builds-the-future-and-gets-hired-for-the-past--ez0pbr8ll","headline":"DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past.","text":"A critique of broken DevRel (Developer Relations) hiring practices, identifying eight common dysfunctions: using outdated metrics, demanding unpaid sample work, and penalizing candidates for the very reach they were originally hired to build. The piece argues these symptoms stem from a single underlying fear.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/devrel-builds-the-future-and-gets-hired-for-the-past--ez0pbr8ll","datePublished":"2026-07-20T15:16:11.562Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:01:51.749Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tatiana","url":"https://daily.dev/devopspink","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Yz3tBSDZ--/f_auto/v1770829663/avatars/avatar_wE99MesO20lw9Ax54RJop?_a=BAMAMiiu0","description":"🐳 Docker Captain\n⚡ IBM Champion\n☁️ AWS Community Builder\n🏆 Ambassador: CNCF • Cypress • GitKraken","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":1450}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/we99meso20lw9ax54rjop","name":"Tatiana"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tatiana","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/we99meso20lw9ax54rjop"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DevRel builds the future and gets hired for the past."}]} ```