Developer Relations teams & departments are no longer the prerogatives of large companies. With explosive scaling horizontally, this discipline gains maturity and more influence in business development. Let me illustrate why current DevRel managers and directors are the best candidates to take leadership in your company in just a few years.

- Developer Relations went a long way from being voluntary activities of engineers passionate about developer communities around the product they build to a blooming discipline crucial for many businesses.
- Core skills in DevRel incredibly well match with the ones for CEO.
- The maturity level of the Developer Relations leaders in business development is close to being enough to take leadership in a company - keep an eye on them!