{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Not-Boring Tech Writer","title":"Skill #22: Using Your Detective Skills as a Technical Writer","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d57a5d8e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2151,"description":"As technical writers, we often wear many different hats within an organization: we write documentation that teaches people how to use a product; we test new features to ensure they’re working properly; we write marketing copy that encourages people to research a product. But, as you’ll learn in this episode, we wear another hat that perhaps haven’t considered but is essential to the technical writers’ skill set: the detective hat. That’s why, in this episode, I have Jamie Roddy on the podcast: Manager of Technical Communicators who leads a team of global technical communicators who, from her love of detective shows, has found that the detective and the technical writer have a lot alike. In this episode, Jamie shares how you can use your detective skills as a technical writer, including:which detective skills are most useful for technical writershow to ramp up those skillshow detective skills can help you transition into other fields within a software companyShow Notes: Michal and Pawel on The Not-Boring Tech WriterJamie Roddy on LinkedInTrue DetectiveGuy Noir: Radio Private Eye","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JlP4_zZATprOmI0COWYcSJZswo0AzjaOmxyE_M5gX6M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNTdh/ZjBlMjA5ZmEwZDhh/NTNjZWFiOWM2NWY1/ZDAzNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}