Re: Which skill to acquire

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Although I've been turning lead into gold for 25 years, I've missed three
good opportunities because I didn't have specific experience in API
documentation. One was with Atlassian, one with CloudCruiser, and the third
with Apprenda.

Chris Morton



â Substantive Editing â Technical Writing â Proofreading
                     â Marketing Expertise â Mentoring
Click to
<https://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-morton/2/166/6ba>


On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Stuckey, Ginger <X2BVSHEW -at- southernco -dot- com>
wrote:

> Ryan,
> Would you please expand on the "skills that are themselves in demand or
> gratifying to develop."? I've never written API documentation but it
> intrigues me. Plus I like to keep expanding my skills.
>
> Ginger Stuckey
> Technical Writer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+x2bvshew=southernco -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:
> techwr-l-bounces+x2bvshew=southernco -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
> Ryan Haber
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 7:44 AM
> To: Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>; Lois Patterson <
> loisrpatterson -at- gmail -dot- com>; Robert Slack <robslackjr -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Cc: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject: Re: Which skill to acquire
>
> I document APIs for my job. There are a lot of projects out there on
> GitHub, for instance, that desperately need documentation so it's easy to
> get involved. Writing API docs requires and builds a few skills that are
> themselves in demand or gratifying to develop.
>
> As more and more software companies add into their business model
> interactivity with others' software, APIs get more and more important.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 23:13 Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
> wrote:
>
> > >I recommend looking at API documentation, and more generally
> > developer-focused documentation.
> >
> > Yes, API and dev-docs are an ideal specialized/marketable skill, with
> > lots of new contacts, and lots of very interesting things to work on!
> >
> > For excellent info, both overview and very technical, I highly
> > recommend checking out
> > * Write the Docs: http://www.writethedocs.org/, and the Slack network,
> > which has multiple channels, http://www.writethedocs.org/slack/.
> >
> > Looking forward to everyone's ideas about today's skills, -Monique
> >
> >
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy
> and
> > content development | http://techwhirl.com
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as ryan -dot- haber -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
> >
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> > techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >
> >
> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> > http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> > info.
> >
> > Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our
> online
> > magazine at http://techwhirl.com
> >
> > Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> > email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
> >
> --
>
> All the best,
> Ryan
>
> --
> Ryan Haber
> About.me/ryanhaber
> 301-908-3049
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and
> content development | http://techwhirl.com
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as X2BVSHEW -at- southernco -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> info.
>
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online
> magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and
> content development | http://techwhirl.com
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> info.
>
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online
> magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | http://techwhirl.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives