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I have been a long-term freelancer and contractor in the past so attempting to
summarise my work experience and history into a CV is always challenging.
I have been a freelancer and contractor in the past so attempting to
summarise my work experience and history is always challenging.

Below are chronologically the most recent and relevant projects I have
worked on, I can supply them on request.

My years of experience organising user groups, training days, and managing
small developer teams make me suitable for community, evangelist, training, or
writer roles.
worked on, I can supply more details on request.

## Accomplishments

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### Podcasts and Video

- My 8+ year-old podcast, "Chinchilla Squeaks", recently renamed to "Tech Lounge".
- My YouTube channel is also now monetised with regular sponsorships.
- My YouTube channel is monetised with regular technical and creative content.

Find links to all these at [chrischinchilla.com][2].

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### Community

- I run the Write the Docs meetup in Berlin and have organised other meetups in the past.
- I ran the Write the Docs meetup in Berlin and have organised other meetups in the past.
- I was on the organising committee for the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 EU, and 2019 Australian Write the Docs conferences.
- I co-organised the "Tool the Docs" devroom at FOSDEM in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024, and 2025.
- I was a judge for the Mozilla open source awards in 2020.
- I run the Berlin Shut Up & Write© meetup with over 3,500 members, and thanks to the co-organisers, we run meetups almost every day. It is the largest chapter in the world and I was recently invited to speak at the community symposium.

## Work Experience

### Freelance Technical Writer, Blogger and Developer Relations
### Freelance Technical Writer, Blogger, and Developer Relations

_March 2017 - Present_

When not working full time, I work as a freelance writer and blogger, I have contributed to the blogs and documentation sets of multiple technical companies. These ranged from small cutting-edge startups to large enterprises. Clients and work include
When not working full time, I work as a freelance writer and blogger, I have contributed to the blogs and documentation sets of technical companies. These ranged from small cutting-edge startups to large enterprises.

Current clients and work include:

- **Parseable**: Technical blog posts and videos.
- **Aspect**: Documentation and documentation tooling.

Past clients and work include:

- **libcamera**: Documentation of an open-source camera stack and framework for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS.
- **Dev Spotlight**: Technical blog posts for Salesforce, Kong, and others.
- **ReveCom**: Technical blog post editing for high-profile clients.
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