Build Your Docs Portfolio Before the Layoff | Gale James Interview

📋 Free Evidence Gap worksheet. Sort out what you can actually prove: https://links.dianapayton.com/evidenc... Work with me Not sure if coaching makes sense for you? Book a call. Let's see if we fit: https://calendly.com/dfhauer/30min 📸 I take all my documentation screenshots in Snagit: https://techsmith.z6rjha.net/c/743504... This is an affiliate link, so I get a small commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. Connect with me on LinkedIn:   / dianapayton   --- Writing samples aren't enough anymore. Gale James built the tools to prove it. In this episode of Technical Writing Uncensored, I talk with Gale James, business analyst and technical writer, about building a portfolio that shows your tool skills, not just your writing. Gale walks through the docs-as-code site and LLM-powered tools she built on her own time, then explains how she turned Claude into a job search assistant that helped her land her current role. 🧠 What we cover: Why Git and docs-as-code skills keep showing up in job postings Gale's BookHub API portfolio site, built on Mintlify's free version and published from GitHub A doc quality evaluator that scores docs with and without RAG, and why the scores differ so much A documentation agent that answers questions using only Gale's docs How she used a Claude project to apply to fewer jobs that matched her better If you got value from this content, please like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon. It really helps the channel. 👉 Are you using LLMs in your job search, or have you built your own docs tools? Drop a comment. Let's try each other's tools and share ideas. 🔗 Gale's links Doc quality evaluator: https://github.com/GaleJames-creator/... BookHub Agent Runtime (an AI documentation assistant): https://github.com/GaleJames-creator/... BookHub Publisher API documentation: https://galejames.mintlify.app/ BookHub Publisher API source files: https://github.com/GaleJames-creator/... Connect with Gale on LinkedIn:   / gale-james   #TechnicalWriting #TechComm #DocsAsCode #TechnicalWriter #APIDocumentation #CareerAdvice #TechnicalWritingUncensored #TechnicalWritingUncensored #TechnicalWriter #TechnicalWriting #Documentarian #Documentation #WordNerds #TechComm #ContentStrategy #WritingTips #CareerAdvice #UserExperience #DocsLikeCode #TechWritingUncensored #TechCommunity