Kurt Kemple

@theworstdev
helping create better developer experiences
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About Me

I help companies, teams, and individuals create better developer experiences.

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Nov 2022 - Present

Sr Director Developer Growth & Engagement - Platform, Slack

Dec 2021 - Nov 2022

Founder and Principal Advisor, Forthright

Mar 2020 - Nov 2021

Developer Relations Manager, Apollo

Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

Senior Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services

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Writing on Developer Experience

My collected writing on DX and DevRel

Incarceration & Tech 🔒

I care deeply about prison reform and the intersection of incarceration and tech. This collection is all my work and thoughts related to that.

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A recent podcast episode I guested on was released! I had the pleasure of chatting with Adrián González about all things DX and DevRel. Give it a listen! I OS'ed my content calendar template for Notion. https://twitter.com/theworstdev/status/1504864602059943941?t=89oaEkqkOV26b11fw1atUw&s=19 I released a Notion template for managing doc sets. I used the React docs for the demo and learned some cool things. https://twitter.com/theworstdev/status/1507094534936801284?t=GI-LdJUPbvziJQOV-3a... I wrote another article for the Developer Advocate's Guide series about how to get better results when asking for things. https://twitter.com/theworstdev/status/1503072662289006609?t=ZWRjgdv3Fhp4K7...