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GitHub•
5 years experience
Heather Nguyen
Technical Writer → Senior Developer Advocate
LandedGitHub•Senior Developer Advocate•$185,000 + $70,000 equity
71 → 91
Resume Score
2 → 5
Interviews
65 minutes
Time to Improve
Background
Industry
Developer Tools
Experience
5 years
Location
San Francisco, CA
The Challenge
Before Resume Scorer
Applications18
Interviews2
Interview Rate11.1%
Timeline4 months
Main Pain Points
- Resume showed documentation, not developer advocacy
- Missing public speaking and community engagement
- No technical depth or coding examples
- Positioned as writer, not developer relations
The Solution
1
Developer Relations
Before
Wrote API documentation and user guides
After
Built developer community: 10K members, speaker at 20 conferences, ran workshops teaching 5K developers
Impact
Showed community leadership and developer engagement
2
Technical Depth
Before
Documented APIs and features for developers
After
Code samples in 5 languages, built sample apps, contributed to open source to eat own dog food
Impact
Demonstrated technical credibility with developers
3
Content Strategy
Before
Created documentation based on feature releases
After
Led content strategy: blog, docs, tutorials—grew traffic from 50K to 500K monthly visitors, 40% from organic search
Impact
Showed strategic content and growth mindset
The Results
After Resume Scorer
Applications12
Interviews5
Interview Rate41.7%
Timeframe3 weeks
Interview Rate Increase
+275%
Increased from 11.1% to 41.7%
Landed Job
GitHub•Senior Developer Advocate•$185,000 + $70,000 equity
"I looked like a technical writer. Resume Scorer helped me show I'm a developer advocate who builds community, speaks at conferences, and contributes to open source. That's what got me hired at GitHub."
— Heather Nguyen, Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub
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