# Title: Purpose of the 2023 Developer Relations Report - - - ## 📚 Metadata: - Author: Thengvall, Mary; Kriesel, Tessa; Wang, Shawn; Awais, Ahmad; Faulkner, Wesley; Hagerty, PJ; Finkler, Ed; Stratton, Matty; Reis, Daniel; DevRelX team at SlashData; DeveloperRelations.com team at Hoopy. - Source: [2023 Developer Relations Compensation & Culture Report](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/vt347z5x/production/637255d17405cf1fb81e896a28b0104db0e93fa3.pdf) - Reference: p.4 - Tags: #Purpose #Empowerment #DevRelProfessionals #Insights - - - ## 📝 Summary: The 2023 report continues the foundational goal of its predecessor, aiming to empower DevRel professionals with insights about their compensation. ## 📖 Main Content: The 2022 report aimed to empower DevRel professionals with insights about their compensation. This year's report continues with the same foundational goal. A significant change this year is the geographical diversity of respondents, with 60.3% being from outside the US. ## 🔮 Future Research: Investigate the reasons behind the shift in geographical representation in the survey respondents. ## 🧪 Hypotheses: The increased global outreach and promotion of the survey led to a more diverse geographical representation. ## 📊 Methodology: Analyze the promotional strategies and channels used to circulate the survey and compare them with previous years. ## 💡 Implications: Understanding the reach and impact of promotional strategies can help in designing more inclusive and diverse surveys in the future. ## 📖 References: - Thengvall, Mary; Kriesel, Tessa; Wang, Shawn; Awais, Ahmad; Faulkner, Wesley; Hagerty, PJ; Finkler, Ed; Stratton, Matty; Reis, Daniel; DevRelX team at SlashData; DeveloperRelations.com team at Hoopy. 2023 Developer Relations Compensation & Culture Report. ## Links - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/DevRel Career Paths Have a Glass Ceiling Problem]] — evidence-for: compensation and culture benchmarks make the field's missing career scaffolding visible across roles and regions. - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/A Metric Is Vanity Only Against Your Own Outcome Data]] — applies-in: respondent geography is essential context for deciding what the report's compensation figures can support. - [[3. Resources/MOCs/DevRel MOC]] — places the report's sampling purpose and geographic limits beside the field benchmarks built from them.