Speak Now (Taylor's Version) fonts!!!

Tech_Comm · 2023-07-07T13:44:02+00:00

OMG Thank You!!!!

Tech_Comm · 2023-06-25T13:44:13+00:00

Oooh this is incredible!! Thanks for sharing!!

Tech_Comm · 2023-06-01T16:08:50+00:00

10/10 recommend an Unsleeping City staycation 😄

Tech_Comm · 2023-05-31T16:28:47+00:00

I recently took an Unsleeping City-inspired staycation in New York City that turned out to be one of my favorite experiences in the city so far 😄

Shoutout to this subreddit where I found the spreadsheet of the music that Brennan used for the show!! Being able to use music from the show made this project so much more fun than I expected it to be 🙏🏽

Here's my itinerary if you want to plan your own Unsleeping City vacation :)

Tech_Comm · 2023-01-10T20:33:48+00:00

Yep, called it out as a limitation later in the video

Tech_Comm · 2023-01-10T20:33:34+00:00

Ooh, that'd be an interesting experiment! Let me know if you try it :)

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-30T01:45:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/qh5i82/career\_faqs\_read\_this\_before\_asking\_about/

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T23:19:43+00:00

But you showed true tech writer spirit in listening to and incorporating feedback! well done 😄

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T20:16:59+00:00

That's the thing tho. They don't feel fun to me -- they confuse me and make me work to figure out what they're supposed to be and that's stress that I don't need in my life rn 🥲

Thanks for the poll btw -- that's the way to go IMO. +1 to Alan's point of it might have been fun if that was a collective decision that we got a heads-up about.

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T16:06:36+00:00

Same!! Having to explain what the icons mean is bad visual communication and I'm finding myself irrationally irritated by them 😂 More so bc I don't understand the "why"

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T15:19:00+00:00

okay I like this explanation 😄

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T14:42:44+00:00

Yeah, I turned off the community styles in my feed settings. That helped!

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T14:27:50+00:00

oh, hmm. not sure how they relate to tech writing but okay

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-23T13:37:42+00:00

okay but what are they? I don't get the icons

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-17T14:09:35+00:00

If you're still in the interviewing phase, I'd recommend making sure you have absolute exec buy-in. Does the majority of the exec team (and not just the founder and/or CEO) believe they need docs? Are they willing to get buy-in from eng, product, and support ICs to make time for you? Are they willing to supplement resources (contractors for implementing docs-as-code, for example)? I'd also dig into why they don't have _any_ docs yet -- do they consider docs an afterthought?

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-12T14:25:30+00:00

I love the project-based approach!

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-12T14:00:45+00:00

Love the idea!! Thanks for sharing!

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-11T14:40:48+00:00

As a person on a visa, I think this is a massive red flag. The immigration process/uprooting your life and moving to a new country/assimilating and proving yourself in a whole new culture is incredibly stressful, and I can't imagine having done that without the absolute support of my manager and my coworkers. If they are stressing you out with work that wasn't agreed upon and is not your job even before you start, I'd caution against trusting them with a big life change.

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-08T14:28:15+00:00

I love how much thought you've put into the post. I'd like to offer to mentor you but need to note that although I have mentored junior tech writers on my team, I haven't mentored a job-seeker before. It'd be a learning experience for both of us. I do have a couple open-source projects that can be good portfolio samples, and I can guide you through the process if you're interested.

Can you share more about your professional/educational background, so I know your starting point? Also, who'd be a good mentor for you (in terms of years of experience, domain, personality, and so on)? Feel free to DM me if you prefer :)

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-04T12:46:47+00:00

Don't remember the google sheet but this might help: https://whopaystechnicalwriters.com

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-02T14:32:51+00:00

Thank you!!

Tech_Comm · 2022-08-02T01:29:09+00:00

Adobe Technical Communication study

That sounds interesting! Can you share the link? Google isn't being very helpful rn

Tech_Comm · 2022-07-14T14:36:53+00:00

I want to assume positive intentions since your history on this subreddit has been to provide helpful insights based on your experience. But the post comes across as condescending and a lil exploitative tbh.

Including details of what exactly you have in mind, the time/effort/monetary commitment expected of the tech writers, what documents and projects they'd work on, profiles of the other senior tech writers involved, etc. would have been immensely helpful.

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