Episode 201 Jason St-Cyr, VP of Engagement at Fishtank Consulting

Fireside with Voxgig

After the excitement of our 200th episode earlier this week, it’s back to our regularly scheduled programming here at Fireside. And what’s become regular for us, along with seemingly the whole world, are discussions of AI and the current and potential consequences of its use. We’re chatting to Jason St-Cyr, a returning guest to the podcast, who stands as a perfect example of the way DevRel roles might be evolving in the workforce. Last year, when we spoke to him, Jason’s title was Head of DevRel - it’s now VP of engagement. And while there’s only so much that can be contained within a title, we think it serves as a very real indication of the direction the DevRel tide is flowing. The nature of DevRel as a practice, and the skills involved, means there’s a great deal of crossover with other fields. This is something that appears to be inspiring not just just DevRels themselves, but employers in other fields, and we chat to Jason about what this means for people who may be considering making this leap. We also discuss the influence of LLMs on technical writing, and the pitfalls of worshipping the ground they walk on. Many people are eager to make the leap to fully AI-produced content. This might work for now (though not to a degree of high quality) - but what happens when all those writers have transitioned into their new ChatGPT consultant roles? The work they would have otherwise been producing no longer exists - and the LLMs don’t have anything new to train on, resulting in their redundancy as a tool of “efficiency”. We discuss all this and more in the episode! Reach out to Jason here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonstcyr/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com