An Interview with Joe Karlsson, Developer Advocate at MongoDB

Joe Karlsson is a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate at MongoDB. Joe studied computer science in college and graduated in 2012. He worked in roles as a consultant, javascript instructor, and full-stack software engineer before becoming a technical lead at BestBuy.com, one of the top 10 e-commerce sites in North America. For more than a year now, Joe has been working at MongoDB as a software engineer and developer advocate. In this episode, listen to Joe talk about his journey as a software engineer and how he got to work at MongoDB. Joe talks about being a developer advocate, and how he is able to build projects and support the developer community through his work. He walks us through how he starts building new projects, brainstorms technical blog posts, and plans conference talks.  Shownotes: Connect with Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekarlsson/) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@joekarlsson). Connect with MongoDB on their careers page (https://www.mongodb.com/careers) and check out their developer portal (https://developer.mongodb.com).