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Written submissions: tailoring
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Getting Hired as a Technical Author - Documentation Office Hours
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- 1 Welcome
- 2 Updates
- 3 A few new tasks
- 4 Presentation starts
- 5 Outline
- 6 Prerequisites: come prepared
- 7 Skills: writing
- 8 Skills: technology and tools
- 9 Attitude: it's bad out there
- 10 Attitude: personality
- 11 Attitude: the silver lining
- 12 Portfolio: choosing samples
- 13 Portfolio: be ready to talk about writing
- 14 Community involvement
- 15 General approach to applications
- 16 Down the hiring funnel: set your priorities
- 17 Down the hiring funnel: talking to people
- 18 Written submissions: tailoring
- 19 Written submissions: attitude
- 20 Research and preparation
- 21 Interviewing
- 22 Example of a technical writing career journey
- 23 Question: what's the best way to showcase contributions?
- 24 Question: how technical do you need to be?
- 25 Question: how can you quantify the impact you have through documentation?
- 26 Question: how do you decide if you're qualified for a role?
- 27 Question: is there much room for creativity in technical writing?
- 28 Question: what kind of tests might you face during hiring?
- 29 Question: when is the best time to start applying?
