Common Room, the community growth platform, published a fantastic 2023 Developer Relations compensation & culture report.

The report (direct link to the PDF) has lots of interesting, insightful information and visuals about the Developer Relations industry, people, and culture. I recommend you read the report.

I find three charts interesting to me: primary roles and responsibilities, primary business objectives for DevRel roles, and measurements of success.

DevRel primary roles and responsibilities

I love that over 60% of programs focus on creating educational content and resources. I believe it’s the core of DevRel: create educational content to help developers succeed.

Primary business objectives for DevRel roles

Setting DevRel objectives is (still) hard. I like that over 50% of programs focus on product awareness and product adoption.

DevRel measurements of success

Measuring DevRel success is probably the hardest and most debated topic in the community. It’s interesting to see that over 50% of programs focus on the number of active developers.

Read the complete 2023 Developer Relations Compensation & Culture Report.