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# Tim Cadenbach
DevRel at DeepL, Microsoft MVP, and co-creator of WeAreDotnet.

## About

Tim Cadenbach works in Developer Relations at DeepL. After 25 years of writing code, he shifted his focus to teaching others, building communities, and developer advocacy.

He breaks down the realities of developer evangelism and why sharing knowledge is crucial for growing a healthy software business. He explores how marketing and software engineering overlap, showing why developer advocacy is often more rewarding than just building features.

Tim is a Microsoft MVP and the co-creator of WeAreDotnet.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2025 · July 9, 2025
Berlin, Germany
- [I'm a developer working in marketing, here's why!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/593-i-m-a-developer) · 10 min



## WeAreDevelopers LIVE

- [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Smoover - Who's Best at DevRel?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1901-wearedevelopers-live-smoover-who-s-best-at-devrel) · Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Tim Cadenbach
- [Devs vs. Marketers, COBOL and Copilot, Make Live Coding Easy and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 3](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1766-devs-vs-marketers-cobol-and-copilot-make-live-coding-easy-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-3) · Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Raphael De Lio, Tim Cadenbach, Julie Kordick, Jan Moser, Elio Struyf, Johanna Pirker, Marc Duiker, Raymond Camden

## Videos

- [I’m a Developer Working in Marketing… Here’s Why - Tim Cadenbach](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1372-i-m-a-developer-working-in-marketing-here-s-why-tim-cadenbach) · Tim Cadenbach
- [Useful AI friends for developers – building a multilingual app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/622-useful-ai-friends-for-developers-building-a-multilingual-app) · Andreas Erben, Tim Cadenbach


## Links

- [X](https://twitter.com/timcadenbach)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcadenbach/)
- [Blog](https://www.tcdev.de)