Olle Pridiuksson

If you think that someone who struggles with coding and other technical skills is an ideal candidate for a Developer Relations job...I kind of want to throw an angry octopus at you.  How the hell am I supposed to help design Developer products if I can't use them?

It all depends on what the role is asking for. Many Developer Relations teams aren't responsible for designing products -- they're responsible for communicating feedback, being the link between the company and the community, and ensuring the community is advocated for internally.

I totally understand that it's a different scenario on your team at Google, which we've talked about before, but hardcore technical skills aren't required for every team at every company ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah we’ve talked about it before. Communicating feedback on developer products in many roles requires understanding the products. Roles that are more community management it may be less of a requirement.