Job Titles, Documentation Engineering, Baseline And Web Features

Job Titles, Documentation Engineering, Baseline and Web Features - Daniel Beck

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In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Schalk Neethling sits down with Daniel Beck, a documentation engineer writer based in Amsterdam. Daniel discusses his extensive career in software documentation, emphasizing the importance of understanding the audience and balancing quality content with effective tooling. He elaborates on the challenges of identifying with job titles such as writer, engineer, or documentation engineer, and reflects on his experiences working on MDN Web Docs. The conversation explores the intricacies of contributing to open-source projects, highlighting the need for soft skills.

Daniel introduces projects like Baseline and Web Features, which provide critical data on web platform support, and shares his perspective on the potential and limitations of AI in technical writing. Throughout the discussion, the importance of process, tools, and reader-centered documentation remains a central theme.

Links

* Daniel Beck on LinkedIn

* Daniel Beck on the web

* Baseline

* Schalk Neethling on LinkedIn

* Mechanical Ink Studio

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