In this episode I speak to Sachin Shenoy - Director, Technical Writing at OpenText - on the challenges of leading a large team of technical writers; in this case, over 100 writers.
In the course of the conversation, we go down many rabbit holes such as:
- Sachin's journey into technical writing
- Challenges of leading a large team
- How to get your company to let you speak to customers
- What makes a good technical writer
- How can a tech writer showcase their skills to a hiring manager
- Three things a TW needs
- - Ability to explain
- - Mastery of the medium
- - Subject matter
- Communication in large teams
- Importance of 1-on-1s
- Align writers to company goals
- Future of tech writing
- Growing as a tech writer
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