https://www.writethedocs.org/ 2026-01-01T21:14:25.104609+00:00 ABlog https://www.writethedocs.org/blog/2025-january-update/ 2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Eric Holscher <section id="write-the-docs-community-update-january-2025"> <p>Hey folks, Eric Holscher here, one of the co-founders of Write the Docs. I’m here with our traditional January community update while the newsletter team takes the month off.</p> <p>2025 is going be mostly a continuation of our efforts from last year. We don’t have any major new initiatives planned, but we’re continuing to refine our approach to conferences and building community.</p> <p>We have 2 main actions for you to take today if you haven’t already:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Submit a <a class="reference external" href="https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2025/cfp/">talk proposal</a> for our Portland conference by January 21.</p></li> <li><p>Fill out our <a class="reference external" href="https://salary-survey.writethedocs.org/">2024 Documentation Salary Survey</a> by January 31.</p></li> </ul> <p>More details below.</p> <section id="salary-survey-ends-soon"> <h2>2024 Salary Survey ends soon</h2> <p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://salary-survey.writethedocs.org/">2024 Salary Survey</a> is still open until January 31. We’ve had fewer responses than last year so far, so please take a moment to fill it out or share it with a friend if you haven’t already. We plan to release the results in Q2, in time for the Portland conference.</p> </section> <section id="our-2025-conferences"> <h2>Our 2025 conferences</h2> <p>It was wonderful to see everyone at our 2024 Portland, Atlantic, and Australia conferences. Our 2025 conferences will look similar to last year:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2025/">Portland</a> will be in-person on <strong>May 4-6</strong>.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Atlantic</strong> will be a virtual event, spanning the East Coast and European timezones. We might push it a bit later in the year to avoid the many conferences that happen in mid September, but haven’t firmed up dates.</p></li> <li><p>Australia just happened a month ago, and we haven’t started planning for 2025 yet.</p></li> </ul> <p>We are currently accepting <a class="reference external" href="https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2025/cfp/">talk proposals</a> and selling tickets for our Portland conference. <strong>Submit your talk proposals by January 21</strong>. Ticket sales will remain open until the week before the conference.</p> <p>We hope that you’ll work with us to make all of our events unique again this year by submitting talks and showing up in-person or virtually.</p> </section> <section id="community-board-updates"> <h2>Community board updates</h2> <p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://www.writethedocs.org/team/#community-board">Community Board</a> has been instrumental in guiding our strategic direction and supporting our community teams. Here are some highlights from 2024:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><strong>Jobs and hiring support:</strong> To better align with changing trends in the documentarian jobs market, we removed the job board and launched a new job sponsorship offering. We are also reviewing job-related Slack spaces to ensure they serve the community effectively.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Meetups:</strong> The meetups team is auditing active meetup.com accounts and exploring alternatives to meetup.com. They are also updating guidelines for WTD sponsorship of meetup.com accounts.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Slack moderation:</strong> Our moderation team continues to maintain a welcoming environment and fight spam in our Slack community. We are exploring ways to improve the onboarding experience for new members, but overall the community is in a good place.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Website and learning content:</strong> We are seeking more dedicated maintainers for our website content and documentation guides. We’re also trying to find better ways to promote our learning resources, including via social media.</p></li> </ul> <p>You can find the full archives of Community Board updates on the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.writethedocs.org/blog/archive/tag/community-board/">Community board blog tag</a>, where we share status updates each quarter to keep the community informed.</p> </section> <section id="have-a-great-year"> <h2>Have a great year!</h2> <p>Thanks again for being part of our community and sharing the documentarian journey with us and with each other.</p> <p>The Write the Docs team</p> </section> </section>

Hey folks, Eric Holscher here, one of the co-founders of Write the Docs. I’m here with our traditional January community update while the newsletter team takes the month off.

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