Jennifer's tips for young people

Jennifer Reif: I think you need a combination of skills, going back to how developer relations touches many different aspects. You need to know the particular tech that interests you in depth. You need to be able to write applications and understand the internals.

Then, you need to be able to commit to projects and open-source work, where you're providing feedback or you're sharing. Basically, you need to have a technical presence to get a job in this field, whether that's GitHub, writing side projects and then publishing them, being active on Twitter, or however you get that word out there that you're a contributing resource to code.

A good idea is to connect with people. If you have an opportunity to go to a conference or to connect with other technical resources in some way, shape, or form, then take it. Places like local meetups are where you really start making connections and hearing about these types of job...