# A developer advocate portfolio that shows the work

> A DevRel portfolio on one page: your talks with video, posts, demos and open source, each with its own page. Open to work badge and resume upload. Free.

Talks, tutorials, demo apps and open source, on one page you can link from every slide, profile and application.

## What a DevRel portfolio needs

The usual advice for getting into developer relations comes down to four things: **talk samples**, **writing**, any **events** you have run (hackathons, meetups) and **open source** work. Carly Richmond, a developer advocate at Elastic, puts the talks part plainly: "Doesn't matter if it's a five minute lightning talk or a 50 minute conference talk. All of these are relevant." Her advice is to list them and make them easy to find on a public site ([Developer Relations](https://developerrelations.com/origin-stories/carly-richmond)).

The problem is that those live in five places: YouTube, a conference site, dev.to, GitHub and a Meetup page. One page that links them all is what the person reviewing you actually needs.

## Each talk or demo as a project

On makerhandle each piece of work is a **project**, and every project opens its own [project page](https://makerhandle.com/features/project-pages): a write-up, screenshots, the stack, your role, when it happened, highlights and a **YouTube or Loom video** that plays in place. That fits a talk (the recording, the slides as a link, the event and date), a tutorial series, a sample app or a library you maintain.

Tags like "talk", "workshop", "tutorial" and "oss" keep a long list readable, and [Timeline](https://makerhandle.com/templates/timeline) lays it out by date, which suits a speaking history. Pull your repositories in with the [GitHub import](https://makerhandle.com/features/github-import) instead of typing them.

**Example:** a developer advocate's page lists "Shipping webhooks that do not fall over" with the conference recording embedded and a link to the slides, a "Build a CLI in Go" tutorial series, the demo app from a launch with its source and live links, and a meetup they organise, each tagged, newest first.

## Job hunting and staying findable

Between roles? Switch on [Open to work](https://makerhandle.com/features/open-to-work) for a badge by your name and a hire me button, and upload your resume as a PDF. The page's stats show when it gets opened and which talk people open, so you know what is landing.

Put the link on your last slide and in your speaker bio. A conference speaker page goes stale the day the event ends; yours stays current, and on Pro it sits on your own domain. For the case study side of things, read [how to write a project case study](https://makerhandle.com/blog/how-to-write-a-project-case-study); for the job search, [the portfolio link on your resume](https://makerhandle.com/for/job-seekers).

## Sources

- [Developer Relations: Carly Richmond on getting started in DevRel](https://developerrelations.com/origin-stories/carly-richmond)

## Questions

### Can I embed talk recordings?

Yes. Each project page can play a YouTube or Loom video in place, alongside the write-up, screenshots and links.

### Can I show open source work?

Yes. Import your repositories from GitHub, or add any project with its source link, stack and your role.

### Can recruiters download my resume?

Yes, with Open to work on: upload a PDF and it is offered from your page. Your stats show when it is opened.

### Is it free?

Yes, for up to 5 projects. Pro is $20 a year for unlimited projects, every template and your own domain.

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