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Have what it takes to be a BlackBerry Developer Evangelist? Apply to RIM

by Kevin Michaluk on 2 Oct 2011 11:21 AM
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Earlier this week we posted an interview with RIM's new VP of Developer Relations and App Ecosystems, Alec Saunders. If you missed that post, definitely check it out.

Following that up, it turns out Alec made a post on his own blog talking about New Beginnings @BlackBerryDev and highlights his biggest task at hand, which is to win the hearts and minds of developers again. Alec finishes the post with a nice P.S. that I'm sure will get the attention of some of our CrackBerry members and developers:

P.S. We're hiring developer evangelists - technical articulate people with a passion for mobile platforms. Interested? Contact me at alec dot saunders at rim dot com. 

I think a lot of mobile developers have taken a look at BlackBerry development tools in the past, but haven't necessarily liked what they saw and never actually jumped on board to build an app. With a new development platform emerging for the QNX-based OS, sending out BlackBerry evangelists through the land to spread the BlackBerry word makes good sense. The more BlackBerry evangelists out there the better. If you think you have what it takes, be sure to send Alec an email.

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Posted by Kevin Michaluk Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

The timing of this post was too funny... Sunday morning... as I typed it I could literally, for real, hear church bells ringing outside.

 
 
Posted by MadGasser Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Haha!

 
 
Posted by Alec_Saunders Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Hey Kevin, thanks for posting that!

I've got two job postings up. They're both on the QNX website, but I'm not sure if they've been posted on the RIM site yet.

One is for platform evangelists. These are individuals who know POSIX operating systems (Linux will do), and have deep technical expertise with one of HTML 5, AIR, or C/C++ and open source frameworks like Qt.

http://www.qnx.com/company/careers/opportunities/job_4702_1.html

The other is for segment evangelists. A segment evangelist is someone who is a skilled coder, natural teacher, and understands the needs of a market segment like gaming, media, or enterprise intimately.

http://www.qnx.com/company/careers/opportunities/job_4702_2.html

I'd be happy to answer questions if people have them. And I'd love to have resumes!

Cheers, A

 
 
Posted by eKafara Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Haha. When I read the post I thought "damn, too bad I don't know how to code but I can go around spreading to good word". I'll do it RIM, hire me and I'll be your number one BB rep :)

 
 
Posted by WillieLee Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Alec seems to be the right choice, the hook that RIM needs to work is the open architecture of QNX. Using their version of Eclipse for the NDK is really going to broaden the developer base. RIM just needs to get the QNX smartphones out to give support to the ecosystem.

 
 
Posted by dcelliers Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

It would surely be a bright future for RIM if they had real support for up and coming Devs, like tutorials, videos, downloadable code etc.

 
 
Posted by Alec_Saunders Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Working on it!

 
 
Posted by dcelliers Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

I am currently studying software development and web design, I would love it if I had the resources to develop BB apps, soon I guess then :)

 
 
Posted by NickA44 Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Looking for anyone with any mapping/GPS experience? I wrote a job dispatcher that maps techs to their location job by job. This was for a major electronics retailer. Ran on an 8703e from Verizon. Had to use a BlueTooth puck because at that time VZW locked down their GPS.

I'm one of the biggest PlayBook supporters. Check out some of my posts in in the forum.

 
 
Posted by Alec_Saunders Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

We will be, yes.

 
 
Posted by katiepea Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

i guess this means nobody will be using the android app player right?

 
 
Posted by Alec_Saunders Sunday, Oct 02, 2011 235 days ago

Android App Player is a good tool to get an existing Android app onto the platform to test it out. But you can build apps that are MUCH cooler by going native. Developers who choose native will have an advantage.

 
 
Posted by yvpan1 Monday, Oct 03, 2011 234 days ago

Yeah, i can't agree more on this, RIM needs more evangelists to show the people what BB can do, and QNX is like the tollway for them to push their cars and bring tons of ideas, innovations and also to grow more exciting apps for this new platform. Alec, i might not be the one to be suitable for the job, i have no idea in programming but i have been using the BB for the last 3 years, and i also have the playbook, i can really feel that the QNX has tons of power inside the house and it will be much more utilised if more apps are available. 2011 might not be the year for QNX and RIM but i believe QNX together with the BB superphone devices will hit the mark next year. Good luck, and keep it up!

 
 
Posted by BigPlayChad8 Monday, Oct 03, 2011 234 days ago

Alec,

I love this idea. I really want to learn how to be an effective developer. I am an avid Blackberry fan, as well as a casual programmer (beginning to relearn how to program in C++, Flash, etc.), I honestly don't really know where to begin as far as development is concerned.

I honestly wish there were classes, or tutorials, that would allow individuals like myself to begin the steps, from start to finish, in programming/development for QNX/BB. Most information I find, assumes the reader knows a lot of things and uses technical jargon that I am not all together familiar with. It gets very frustrating.

I currently am a computer science and math teacher at the High School level, and I believe have the background to excel at this sort of thing, but just don't know where to get started. Any advice?

Much appreciated.