# Hello I'm Brian, Presto Developer Advocate

DevFeed: [Hello I'm Brian, Presto Developer Advocate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hello-i-m-brian-presto-developer-advocate-8652.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://trino.io/blog/2020/10/01/intro-developer-advocate.html>)

Author: Brian Olsen

Published: 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Trino Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trino-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [big-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/big-data.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/elasticsearch.md>)

Tags: [big-data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/big-data.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elasticsearch.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

A new developer advocate at Starburst describes his path from working with big data and databases to adopting Presto as an alternative to Hive. He explains contributing Elasticsearch array and nested type support, submitting a tested pull request, and helping the Presto community through communication and support.

## Source excerpt

Hello, Presto nation! My name is Brian, and I'm a new developer advocate working at Starburst. Let me give you a little background on how I got here, and cover how my role can help the Presto community.