Writing for developers with Karl Hughes

In this episode, Karl Hughes, founder and CEO of Draft.dev, sharesStarting his career, working with startups as a software engineerTaking on engineering management and CTO rolesCovid triggering a shift to get into technical writing for developersHow to think of documentation for developers, as an intentional activityHis views on Agile approaches and documentation and the need to right size the documentationHow the product maturity influences the need and depth of documentationWhy writing is the most effective way to document and communicateHis thoughts on effectiveness of visual communicationWriting for a diverse audience and the role of video for communicating with developersImportance of reviews and feedback for greater effectiveness of written contentHow he got interested in writing If writing is a teachable or learnable skillHow he balances and manages his time between the maker and manager modes of workingHis experience with Shark Tank, when his company was invited to pitch at Shark TankWorking with a global, distributed team of software engineersWhether audio has a role to play as a medium for communicating with developersHis career tips for getting into writingBio: Karl Hughes is a former software engineer and CTO in Chicago. He is now the Founder and CEO of Draft.dev, a specialized technical marketing agency that creates content designed to reach software engineers.Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlLHughesDraft.dev writer application: https://draft.dev/write