Saurav is twenty-six and lives in Delhi. For five years he's worked fully remote for companies in Israel and the Czech Republic, and he gets flown out to developer conferences across three continents.

The part that stopped me cold: he's never once clicked "apply" on a job portal. Not once.

So how does a kid from a government school in Delhi end up speaking on stages in Nigeria, Prague, and San Francisco? That's the whole episode.

The job is DevRel — developer relations, or developer advocate if you want the fancier title. Most Indian devs have never heard of it. Meanwhile companies across Europe and the US are scrambling to fill these roles, and plenty of them pay in USD. (Yes, from India. Yes, fully remote.)

Saurav walked me through his actual playbook. How he built public proof through his content and community work until hiring managers came chasing him instead of the other way around. How he got companies to invent a role for him when they weren't even hiring.

We also got into the stuff nobody warns you about. The DevRel interview has a coding round most people don't see coming, and Saurav explains how to walk in ready. He breaks down what this remote tech job looks like on a normal Tuesday, not the conference-stage highlight reel.

Then there's the AI question. Everyone assumes AI is coming for these jobs. Saurav makes the opposite case — demand for good developer advocates is climbing, and he explains why.

If you're an Indian developer staring at LeetCode and wondering whether there's another door in, this one's for you. Saurav started exactly where you are. He learned Python, did the work in public, and built a remote career that pays globally without a single resume submission.

Worth your forty minutes? I think so. 🎧

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Saurav's links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sauain/Apify: https://apify.com

Podcast Website: readysetdopodcast.com

Timestamps:00:00 The Rise of Remote Work and Developer Advocacy03:09 Building Developer Content at Apify06:09 Saurav's Path From Software Developer to DevRel09:39 Learning Python and Breaking Into Tech13:09 Landing Remote Roles Without Applying17:09 Getting Hired Through Public Work21:09 Making Companies Create Opportunities for You25:09 What DevRel Actually Involves Day to Day29:09 DevRel Interviews, Coding Rounds, and Community Proof33:09 Remote Work, Travel, and Getting Paid Globally37:09 How AI Is Changing DevRel41:09 Advice for Indian Developers Starting Out