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GenX science writer turned tech writer and lifelong learner

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This week I started a new job as an API tech writer. To track what I’m working on and learning about, I plan to tweet my experience. This is my fourth day, so I need to catch up. Wk 1, day I: Reacquainted myself with Windows after having used Apple devices for the past 7 years.

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Beer, baseball, and #BudLightHomers...Ah, feeling normal again in St. Louis. The @Cardinals are back, baby! #sweepstakes

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Week 5, day 3, at my job as an API tech writer. Well, I've skipped a few weeks of tweets. During that time, I've started writing a new API user guide! It's fun working directly with the yaml. I tried viewing it in Stoplight Studio but found it easier to look at the spec itself

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Week 1, day 3 at my new job as an API tech writer:

Data transformation organizes, formats, and validates raw data to make decoupled system components compatible. I was already familiar with data translation, which is a type of transformation limited to data operations.

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Week 2, day 4, at my new job as an API tech writer: More status codes today...Code selection is less important than returning rich, human-readable error messages that tell the API consumer what went wrong and how to fix it.

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Week 1, day 2 at my new job as an API tech writer:

Reviewed patterns of application architecture, such as client-server, model-view-controller, and broker. We work within a distributed system coordinated by a broker. It’s responsible for data transformation and request handling.

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@SpaceDustDigitl Oh, behave!

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Last week I put together a presentation on Jira—but first had to learn the Jira platform. This week I‘m explaining my company’s containerized microservices architecture—but first boning up on containerized microservices. Fantastic challenges for a tech writer. #AWS #DevOps #jira

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@michaeljaekel A commune usually means a group living situation—like a hippie commune in the 1960s. 🙂 You probably meant „association,“ as in „an association of volunteer fireman.”

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@michaeljaekel Ich denke, dass Sie meinen “community,” nicht “commune.” Ich lerne Deutsch seit ein paar Jahre. Ich bin beeindruckt, dass Sie auf Englisch tweet! Ich kann kaum Deutsch sprechen oder schreiben.

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DM if you're intrested!

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[DEV Community @ThePracticalDev]

"Really, I love git. I think it is ridiculously useful and when used properly, it can speed up development on a team tremendously." https://t.co/EkCefnNeGS

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@ElloDigsby @ShaylaMark I heard someone call this a “Rah-Rah List”—love it!

[T. Whitt @ElloDigsby]

Pro tip: Be your biggest fan/advocate!

1. When you do something bomb at work, write it down.
2. Received an email where you're being praised? Save it.

Keep track of your own success. It'll remind you of how dope you are.