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STC Berkeley Job Fair – on a Saturday afternoon, September 28

Description Are you looking for a job in the field of technical communication? Or considering some change in your tech comm career? You need to attend the sixth annual STC Berkeley job fair. You can talk to recruiters, join in … Continue reading

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Wednesday, September 11 – My Journey from Technical Writer to VP of Technical Writing: Lessons Learned

Speaker: Valerie Steele, VP, Technical Writing and Assistance Solutions at Oracle. Very few people in the 90s purposefully went into technical writing as a career. Come join us for a story of how one person fell into technical writing and … Continue reading

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Wednesday, August 14 – Version Control, Writers, and Workflows

Developers and writers have similar jobs, but they tend to use different tools and workflows. Writers who work with developers have an easier time if they learn to fit into the developer culture.

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Wednesday, July 10 – The Hiring Manager Panel

Managers who interview and make hiring decisions regarding technical writers, editors, illustrators or other roles in the broad category of technical documentation will discuss what they are looking for in potential candidates, and give you some insight into how they … Continue reading

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Wednesday, June 12- Why You Should (and Should Not) Use Markdown

Markdown keeps coming up—as a lightweight writing format, a lingua franca among other file types, and a lure to get engineers to document their code better. But what is it, and why should you (not) use it? In this talk, … Continue reading

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