I specialize in writing documentation for external and internal developers. My experience writing documentation for external developers has primarily been for REST APIs and application platforms. My experience writing internal documentation has covered a wider range of technology, from grid software such as Hadoop to continuous integration, hosting environments, batch imaging software, etc.

Work Experience

Yahoo! Inc

Technical Writer

2008-06-15 - 2016-01-09

Technical Writer for the Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo platform organization. Have written documentation for internal products and external products such as YQL, OpenID Connect, the Yahoo Application Platform (YAP), Yahoo Social APIs, Mojito, Hadoop, UGC APIs as well as the internal continuous delivery and hosting services.

Education

San Francisco State / Sichuan University

Chinese Language

Bachelor

1994-09 - 2004-05
GPA: 3.85
  • Chinese Composition and Conversation
  • Composition and Reading
  • Media Chinese
  • Chinese Applied Linguistics
  • Advanced Oral Presentation and Writing
  • Idioms as Cultural Expression
  • Traditional Chinese Culture
  • Chinese Literature in Translation: Poetry
  • Classical Chinese
  • Advanced Chinese Spoken/Composition

San Francisco State University

Technical and Professional Writing

Certificate

2005-01 - 2008-05
  • Fundamentals of Technical/Professional Writing
  • Writing Technical Documents/Procedures
  • Instructional Multimedia Tools
  • Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers
  • Writing for Online Presentation
  • Professional Editing
  • Electronic Copy Editing
  • News Writing and Reporting

City College of San Francisco

Computer Science

Certificates:

2003-08 - 2008-05
  • Java
  • C++
  • Web Applications
  • Linux System Administration
  • Linux Network Administration

Classes:

  • Interactive Web Pages-JavaScript
  • Data Structures & Algorithms: C++/Java
  • Ruby Programming / Ruby on Rails Workshop
  • Unix/Linux Sys Admin/Programming
  • Unix/Linux Network Services
  • Perl/Python/PHP Programming
  • Programming Techniques for XML

Awards

Dean's List

CCSF

Fall 2004 | Spring 2004 | Fall 2005

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

SFSU

Spring 2005

Publications

Yahoo Developer Network

API Reference for the Yahoo's REST Social APIs.

Yahoo Developer Network

This is the developer documentation for Mojito, a Node.js application platform.

Yahoo Developer Network

This is the developer documentation for YQL, a REST API that acts as a proxy for accessing Web data.

Yahoo Developer Network

The developer documentation for using Yahoo's implementation of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.

Skills

Documentation

Master

  • User Guides
  • Manuals
  • Getting Started Guides
  • API References
  • Tutorials

Authoring Formats

Master

  • DocBook XML
  • reStructuredText
  • Markdown
  • AsciiDoc
  • TWiki
  • MediaWiki
  • Google Doc
  • Jive Doc

Technology

Intermediate

  • Hadoop: HDFS, Hive, Pig, Storm, Hue, HBase, Oozie
  • Node.js
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • XML/JSON
  • REST APIs
  • Continuous Delivery
  • OAuth/OpenID Connect
  • Docker
  • Git/SVN/CVS

Software Applications

Intermediate

  • MicroSoft Office
  • Adobe Photoshop/InDesign
  • Serna / XML Mind
  • Vi/Vim/TextMate/BBEdit/Sublime
  • Diagrammix/MicroSoft Visio
  • SnagIt
  • Gitbook/Sphinx/MkDocs/Read the Docs

Languages

Intermediate

  • JavaScript
  • Ruby
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • PHP
  • BASH
  • Go

Writing Skills

Master

  • Researching and learning technology quickly
  • Gathering and organizing content
  • Forming a documentation plan
  • Drafting documentation
  • Substantive editing
  • Copy editing
  • Proofreading

Languages

English

Native speaker

Mandarin Chinese

Limited Working Proficiency

Interests

Musical Composition

Language Study

Writing