Before DevRel Was a Thing
The early days of the MongoDB developer community, with a few fun facts thrown in as well
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Before DevRel was a ThingThe early days of the MongoDB developer community, with a few fun facts thrown in as well Meghan GillMar 24, 202662ShareI recently decided to get back on Twitter (or X, as the Zs call it), and asked the Twitterverse what I should write about. Developer Relations legend Tim Berglund responded with:Tim Berglund@tlberglund@meghanpgill I mean, to me, sales ops is arcane magick (the "K" matters here), and I'm impressed by anybody who can do it. But Mongo really blazed a DevRel trail in 2010, before anybody was using the term. You were a huge part of that.7:20 PM · Mar 13, 2026 · 19 Views1 Reply · 1 LikeWhile the latter half of my 15 year stint at MongoDB was running sales operations, I got my start as a generalist, largely focused on marketing and developer relations.
…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Substack.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from Substack
