New Years and New Beginnings: I'm Joining the DEV team!

I am so, so excited to announce that I'm starting 2019 by joining the DEV team! 🎉

Being a member of the DEV community has been huge for me careerwise and personally. It's been awesome to interact with and learn from the community, and I can't wait to be an even bigger part of it!

Education and improving the way we as an industry teach code is my passion, and I've found that I've been able to reach a lot more people on DEV than I can in person or on other platforms. I really hope to contribute to making it a platform where even more people can learn and teach.

My title will be software engineer, and I will be working on mostly the frontend both in writing code and managing open source contributions. Since I was a user and contributor before joining the team, I'll be able to give a different perspective on DEV!

I'll also be acting as a developer advocate as part of my role, so I'll be doing speaking at conferences and encouraging community engagement!

And, of course, I'll still be writing and creating content on DEV!

Can't wait to be even more involved in the community!

Comments

[rhymes]

Great news Ali!! It's really awesome!

I'm not surprised in a sense because your contributions embody so many of the values Dev.to has.

I'm happy!

ps. rewrite all the things in Python now that you're an insider :P

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much @rhymes ! that means a lot -- :P 🐍🐍🐍

[Meghan (she/her)]

Congrats Ali! That's amazing for you! Can't wait to see what's in store 💜😄

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much!!

[Alexandra Millatmal]

Congratulations! I loved your end of year recap and look forward to seeing more from you!

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much!!!

[Peter Kim Frank]

We are so thrilled to have you on board — great things lie ahead in 2019!

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much!! Definitely!

[Sung M. Kim]

Congrats there, Ali 🎊🎉🎈

And thank you for always sharing your knowledge and experience for DEV 🙂

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much! For sure!!

[K]

Pretty awesome! Congratulatios Ali :)

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much!!

[Patrick Wilkes]

Congrats Ali! Can't wait to see your contributions.

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much!

[Basti Ortiz]

WHOA! Congratulations, Ali! That is so cool! On behalf of the community, we're all happy for your success. Here's to more great things in 2019 and onward. 🥂 *clink*

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much! I'm so excited!

[Max Antonucci]

Great to hear this news! You've definitely become a major part of the content and community here, so seeing you become a full-time member is a sign of good things to come!

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much, Max! That means a lot!!

[Gift Egwuenu]

Wow! Congrats Ali 🎉You rock!!

[Ali Spittel]

Thank you so much! ❤️