Welcome

Hi, I’m a technical writer and I created this site using Hugo and github pages to learn about static sites and CI/CD, and to demonstrate my writing skills and technical expertise.

Potential employers often ask tech writers for public writing samples so they can assess writers’ skills and abilities. But what if a tech writer’s job involves editing an existing knowledge base more than writing entire documents? Or maybe they collaborate with multiple writers on projects, or their work can be edited by other writers on other teams? Sometimes the work a tech writer has been doing for months or years, while valid and of good quality, may not suitably represent their skills and abilities to a hiring manager. So in order to have writing samples that demonstrate my style, ability, and expertise, I created this site and some relevant projects, then wrote blog posts and procedures to support them.

What Technical Writers Do in the Shadows

Overcoming obstacles with people skills

 Posted on August 3, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  639 words  |  Pete Witcher

As a job title, “technical writer” only tells part of the story. Yes, we write technical content, but we also use people skills to facilitate the writing process. The road from undocumented project to comprehensive document suite is rarely smooth, and the user documentation is often de-prioritized when resources are scarce. That’s why tech writers usually employ our people skills before we apply our fingertips to the keyboard. Projects with the following features make the technical writer’s job relatively easy: [Read More]