Q&A: Unemployed or Underemployed? How to get through.

Presented by

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  Mike Jang
  @theMikeJang
  https://ai-techwriter.com

  Mike is a Principal Technical Writer for NGINX (part of F5) He creates clear and engaging documentation for developers and sysadmins. He's created authoritative content in Linux, security, and Identity Management. He's also a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE v5) and an enthusiastic speaker at industry events. He built a docs-as-code documentation practice from scratch at Cobalt.io, where he also developed a voice and tone style guide for user experiences, taught non-writers to create better UI text, and set up a paid open source documentation contribution program. At GitLab, he guided the documentation efforts for the Manage Stage and developer content. At ForgeRock, he gained seven years of experience writing about Identity Management. Mike's mission is to share my passion for new software and to help users achieve their goals with the rigor of a technical writer.

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  Jordan Hewitt
  @DamnGoodTek
  https://damngood.tech

  Jordan is a tech lead providing quality technical expertise to enterprise businesses. He was initially drawn to open source software early in 2007 with an apprenticeship at Open Source Development Labs during the same time when Linus Torvalds actively worked there. His dream is to build a thriving open business ecosystem where everyone is able to utilize their gifts and talents to improve peoples' lives. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with the aim to get married and raise a family.