Sam Julien
@samjulien.com
Happy dad, your biggest fan, professional gate-opener. Here to help.
Work: Director of DevRel at Writer (enterprise AI platform).
Writing π samjulien.com
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Book π http://www.gettingstartedindevrel.com
Work: Director of DevRel at Writer (enterprise AI platform).
Writing π samjulien.com
Newsletter π deveopermicroskills.com
Book π http://www.gettingstartedindevrel.com
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Sam Julien
@samjulien.com
Β· Nov 4
Sam Julien: Director of DevRel and Your Biggest Fan
Sam Julien is a Developer Relations director, writer, and teacher. He loves helping people level up their developer advocacy or web development job using Node, Angular, Gatsby, and React.
samjulien.com
Hi, new friends and old! π
Iβm Sam. I live in Vancouver, WA and work as Director of #DevRel for Writer, an enterprise AI platform.
I love:
βοΈ Writing
πΎ Tabletop and video games
ποΈ Outdoorsy stuff
πΆ Making music
π Being a dad
My writing lives at samjulien.com.
Nice to meet you!
Iβm Sam. I live in Vancouver, WA and work as Director of #DevRel for Writer, an enterprise AI platform.
I love:
βοΈ Writing
πΎ Tabletop and video games
ποΈ Outdoorsy stuff
πΆ Making music
π Being a dad
My writing lives at samjulien.com.
Nice to meet you!
I canβt believe this is how I discover Andrea Gibson but Iβm also eternally grateful
July 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I canβt believe this is how I discover Andrea Gibson but Iβm also eternally grateful
Iβm almost done with my first play through of Fire Emblem Awakening. What an amazing game and feels like it has a ton of replayability.
Three Houses and Engage were both some of my favorite games ever, so this was my next step in the series.
What should I play after Awakening?
#JRPG #FireEmblem
Three Houses and Engage were both some of my favorite games ever, so this was my next step in the series.
What should I play after Awakening?
#JRPG #FireEmblem
a video game called fire emblem awakening
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June 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Iβm almost done with my first play through of Fire Emblem Awakening. What an amazing game and feels like it has a ton of replayability.
Three Houses and Engage were both some of my favorite games ever, so this was my next step in the series.
What should I play after Awakening?
#JRPG #FireEmblem
Three Houses and Engage were both some of my favorite games ever, so this was my next step in the series.
What should I play after Awakening?
#JRPG #FireEmblem
Happy Fatherβs Day to my fellow dads! Becoming a dad is the best thing thatβs ever happened to me, hope it is true for you as well!
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June 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy Fatherβs Day to my fellow dads! Becoming a dad is the best thing thatβs ever happened to me, hope it is true for you as well!
I am obsessed with this song βWednesday Babyβ by Midnight Sister. Her voice scratches something in my brain.
June 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I am obsessed with this song βWednesday Babyβ by Midnight Sister. Her voice scratches something in my brain.
Oh man, so excited for this as a lifelong #JRPG fan: βA Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Gamesβ from @bitmapbooks.com.
Look how beautiful it is! π
Look how beautiful it is! π
June 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Oh man, so excited for this as a lifelong #JRPG fan: βA Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Gamesβ from @bitmapbooks.com.
Look how beautiful it is! π
Look how beautiful it is! π
Me: We need to save money
Also me:
Also me:
May 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Me: We need to save money
Also me:
Also me:
Dude these Chrono Trigger boss fights are so much harder than I remember. How did teenage me do this?!
May 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Dude these Chrono Trigger boss fights are so much harder than I remember. How did teenage me do this?!
Law of parenting 122: no matter what or how much you bring on a trip, your child will ask you for the thing you did not bring.
May 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Law of parenting 122: no matter what or how much you bring on a trip, your child will ask you for the thing you did not bring.
Why do they make it their entire personality??
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why do they make it their entire personality??
Iβve been playing Chrono Trigger on the Steam Deck, first time since the 90s. Man it holds up! Such an amazing game.
a video game shows a group of people standing around a brick walkway
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May 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Iβve been playing Chrono Trigger on the Steam Deck, first time since the 90s. Man it holds up! Such an amazing game.
If youβre at @writethedocs.bsky.social in PDX, come find us for some Writer hats, socks, and stickers! Who better to give these away to than a bunch of writers??
May 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If youβre at @writethedocs.bsky.social in PDX, come find us for some Writer hats, socks, and stickers! Who better to give these away to than a bunch of writers??
βScience confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it.β - Carl Sagan
a man wearing a brown jacket and a red turtleneck is making a funny face
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April 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
βScience confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it.β - Carl Sagan
The difficult thing about parenting a toddler is that theyβre acting totally as expected and should at that age, itβs just that all of society and a functioning household does not work that way lol
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The difficult thing about parenting a toddler is that theyβre acting totally as expected and should at that age, itβs just that all of society and a functioning household does not work that way lol
Love it. Is it the Andy Serkis version?
April 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Love it. Is it the Andy Serkis version?
All this talk of Ken Griffey Jr. taking photos at the Masterβs made me remember one of my all time favorite SNES games: Ken Griffey Jr.βs Winning Run.
I was *obsessed* with this game as a kid. Anyone else?
I was *obsessed* with this game as a kid. Anyone else?
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
All this talk of Ken Griffey Jr. taking photos at the Masterβs made me remember one of my all time favorite SNES games: Ken Griffey Jr.βs Winning Run.
I was *obsessed* with this game as a kid. Anyone else?
I was *obsessed* with this game as a kid. Anyone else?
Finally upgraded my Kindle for my birthday after 10 long years! The size difference is wild.
What are some of your favorite books over the last couple of years?
What are some of your favorite books over the last couple of years?
April 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Finally upgraded my Kindle for my birthday after 10 long years! The size difference is wild.
What are some of your favorite books over the last couple of years?
What are some of your favorite books over the last couple of years?
Giving Undertale a shot, Iβve heard lots of great things about it. Iβm about 3 hours in and really digging the retro and Earthbound vibes.
Have you played it?
Have you played it?
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April 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Giving Undertale a shot, Iβve heard lots of great things about it. Iβm about 3 hours in and really digging the retro and Earthbound vibes.
Have you played it?
Have you played it?
Iβve been enrolled at night school at Dishes University lately, meaning I go through Coursera and EdX courses on math, comp sci, and ML while cleaning the kitchen every night. Gotta find the time you can when youβre working and parenting π€·ββοΈ
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Iβve been enrolled at night school at Dishes University lately, meaning I go through Coursera and EdX courses on math, comp sci, and ML while cleaning the kitchen every night. Gotta find the time you can when youβre working and parenting π€·ββοΈ
Canβt even fathom how many hours of insider trading and anti-corruption trainings Iβve gone through my whole career, being told that even accepting a gift >$50 is bribery, and now we have a sitting president openly manipulating the market.
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Canβt even fathom how many hours of insider trading and anti-corruption trainings Iβve gone through my whole career, being told that even accepting a gift >$50 is bribery, and now we have a sitting president openly manipulating the market.
Predicting that CS degrees are going to be in higher demand and more valuable in the coming years due to AI.
There is way more to engineering than just writing code, and it will be increasingly difficult to prove competency as models get better at coding.
What do you think?
There is way more to engineering than just writing code, and it will be increasingly difficult to prove competency as models get better at coding.
What do you think?
April 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Predicting that CS degrees are going to be in higher demand and more valuable in the coming years due to AI.
There is way more to engineering than just writing code, and it will be increasingly difficult to prove competency as models get better at coding.
What do you think?
There is way more to engineering than just writing code, and it will be increasingly difficult to prove competency as models get better at coding.
What do you think?
Something that made me unexpectedly moshi about this was the coordination with IT so that my coworkerβs name changed on Slack before the announcement. They were so supportive.
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Something that made me unexpectedly moshi about this was the coordination with IT so that my coworkerβs name changed on Slack before the announcement. They were so supportive.
One of my coworkers shared his transition and new name today and the response was so wholesome and positive. A really nice light in a dark time.
April 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
One of my coworkers shared his transition and new name today and the response was so wholesome and positive. A really nice light in a dark time.
How it feels seeing all the Ghibli memes
March 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How it feels seeing all the Ghibli memes