Rikki Endsley - Journalism to Open Source Tech Writer (#27)

Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Rikki Endsley.

Rikki Endsley is currently the Open Source Community Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS). She was previously the editor of Red Hat Developer and a 2016 recipient of an O’Reilly Open Source Award. In the past, she worked as a community manager and editor for Opensource.com; a community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards team at Red Hat; freelance tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and as the managing editor of Sys Admin magazine and UnixReview.com.

Rikki has an English degree from the University of Texas (Austin) and a Master’s of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas. For her thesis, she researched how to highlight women’s contributions to open source technologies.

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Episode Summary

"I like helping a publication or website or magazine become its own life form, you know, have its own voice and stand out"

—Rikki Endsley

In this episode we’ll cover:

Why Rikki took a pay cut to jump-start her career as a tech writer.How technical do you have to be to be a tech writer?When is the right time to jump out of your comfort zone and try something new?Why it's a great idea to write a 'deep dive' article for a niche audience.

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