Caring too much

Geertjan Wielenga: Sometimes people care too much about the tech that they represent, which means that they work too hard. Do you not agree that, in some cases, we should take a step back?

Baruch Sadogursky: I completely agree that we carry too much on our shoulders, but I think that's part of the job. We're in developer relations because we care too much. I don't see how that's a bad thing. I don't want to lose my investment in this work because I need that passion to do my job.

Geertjan Wielenga: If the company that you represent starts going in a different direction, how should you respond to that?

Baruch Sadogursky: You need to be invested in the vision of your organization. If you're aligned with this vision and if you understand why the pivot was made, then that pivot is natural for you as well.

We had this come up at JFrog when we started being a tool for Java developers. We then became a tool for .NET developers and...