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Wanted: Technical Writers with Free Time and an Altruistic Spirit

As many of you know, I am the project lead for FlexUnit 4.x. The technical side of the project is in great shape with new features, releases and tests forthcoming, however, the place we are really lagging is good documentation.

Right now the FlexUnit team is quite small and 120% of our time is occupied with development and user support. Unfortunately this means that the best engineered plans for good documentation seem to get farther behind as the days go on.

We are looking for a few people who would be willing to own large chunks of the documentation. We would arrange conference calls as needed with the developers of key sections to talk through approach, technical details and future plans. The goal would be to ensure you have a full understanding and access to anyone you need when writing. Ultimately, it would also give you a few things.

First, you would have unlimited access to learn FlexUnit at a very, very deep level. Second, you could help create a volume of work (I am hoping we can produce both wiki content and eventually a comprehensive PDF book) which will continue to be attributed to you. Third, that attribution plus future recommendations from myself and others on the team and in this industry are guaranteed (and very helpful for future interviews).

Anyone who is seriously interested should leave a comment on this post and I will reach out to you immediately.

If you want to take a look at our current efforts, head over to http://docs.flexunit.org/

Thanks,

Labriola

7 Comments to “Wanted: Technical Writers with Free Time and an Altruistic Spirit”

luchyx 8 July 2010 at 8:18 pm #

Humm.. I’m currently working on Unit Testing devel. process on a huge-project.(60 mx:modules aprox)
I’m in charge of writing baseline classes/api for our tests, so any developer on my team can add test with ease. Also I’m working on CI with hudson.
Let me know what skills you require!
dreicher 14 July 2010 at 8:20 am #

I can take a swing at it. I’m very familiar with the code and implementation, from the basics to parameterized/data loaders and would be happy to give something back to the project.

dan reicher [at] that google e-mail [dot] com
anujgakhar 16 July 2010 at 8:44 am #

I’d be interested in doing this depending on how much time is required every week/month. Let me know if you still need this done.
akshar 23 July 2010 at 1:44 am #

I am interested in doing this.
abhaybhandari 28 July 2010 at 5:51 am #

Hi, I am a bit new to techical writing, since I am form development background. I am will to contribute to this project, let me know your requirements.
dsantos 5 August 2010 at 8:54 am #

Hi,

I’d be interested in contributing. FlexUnit 4 is an integral part of my work, so I would like to help the community and gain some knowledge in the process.

Thanks!
BT912 20 August 2010 at 4:24 pm #

Hi,

I am wondering if you still require technical writers for this project.

I have one year of experience as a technical writing intern for an educational software company. I am adept at technical and functional writing, as well as editing. Additionally, I am great with independent learning and can catch on quickly.

I would be very interested in working with you to improve your documentation. Should you still have a need for writers, you can contact me with the email associated with this user.

Thanks!