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Documentors Unplugged
Vinay Payyapilly
19 episodes
1 week ago
Join me as I talk to industry experts on product documentation, technical writing, management, and career growth.
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Episodes (19/19)
Documentors Unplugged
S02E08 - GenAI in technical writing

In this episode, I speak to Balasubramanyam Kosuri⁠ about the challenges, benefits and changes that GenAI brings to technical writing.

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vinay Antony Payyapilly⁠⁠


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6 days ago
23 minutes 17 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E07 - Managing remote teams

In this episode, I speak to Bindu Smruthishree about the challenges and benefits of remote work and managing remote teams.

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vinay Antony Payyapilly⁠

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3 weeks ago
41 minutes 6 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E06 - An Intentional Career with Surag

In this episode, I speak to Surag Ramachandran on building a career intentionally, the importance of practice, and of course the use of comics in technical writing and instructional design.

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vinay Antony Payyapilly⁠


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1 month ago
41 minutes 34 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E05 - Responsible and ethical AI with Menka Puthalath

In this episode, I speak to Menka Puthalath about the key role documentation plays in recording how AI systems or solutions are built.

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠⁠ Vinay Antony Payyapilly

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1 month ago
33 minutes 58 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E04 - The importance of communication with Tarun Amembal

In this episode, I speak to Tarun Amembal about how technical writers should communicate with the product team.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/want-better-documentation-start-sme-conversations-tarun-amembal-9pf7f

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠ Vinay Antony Payyapilly

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4 months ago
57 minutes 38 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E03 - The STC Salary Survey with Paresh and Deval

In this episode, I speak with Paresh Naik and Deval Patel who run the STC India Salary Survey. In our conversation we delve into:

  • How salary growth in India and the US are almost parallel
  • The salaries freshers can expect
  • How to get more people to respond to the survey
  • ....and a lot more.

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠⁠Vinay Antony Payyapilly

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5 months ago
41 minutes 16 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S02E02 - Making freelancing work with Shweta

In this episode, I speak toShwetawho has built a successful freelance career for herself even though she lives in a tier-three town. In this conversation, we delve into:

  • Challenges and benefits of working out of a tier-three city
  • Building a pipeline
  • The importance of marketing yourself
  • The importance of money
  • Pricing yourself
  • Using online platforms


Useful links

Contact me on LinkedIn at⁠Vinay Antony Payyapilly

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6 months ago
59 minutes 1 second

Documentors Unplugged
S02E01 - Documenting for the armed forces

In this episode, I speak to Shivranjini Krishnamurthy on the opportunities and challenges of documenting military hardware. In the course of the conversation, we dive into the challenges around,

  • Documenting for the military
  • Translating content
  • Creating unique document sets for different customers
  • Writing for an audience that may not be part of the purchasing decision
  • ...and so much more


Contact me on LinkedIn at Vinay Antony Payyapilly

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7 months ago
30 minutes 6 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S01E11 - Leading large tech writing teams

In this episode I speak to Sachin Shenoy - Director, Technical Writing at OpenText - on the challenges of leading a large team of technical writers; in this case, over 100 writers.

In the course of the conversation, we go down many rabbit holes such as:

  • Sachin's journey into technical writing
  • Challenges of leading a large team
  • How to get your company to let you speak to customers
  • What makes a good technical writer
  • How can a tech writer showcase their skills to a hiring manager
  • Three things a TW needs
  • - Ability to explain
  • - Mastery of the medium
  • - Subject matter
  • Communication in large teams
  • Importance of 1-on-1s
  • Align writers to company goals
  • Future of tech writing
  • Growing as a tech writer


Contact me

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8 months ago
50 minutes 2 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S01E10 - Docs as a product with Sriparna Saha

Sriparna is the Director of documentation at RazorPay where she leads the move towards treating documentation as a product. In this conversation, I dive deeper into the concept with her. There is much to learn in this chat.

Contact me

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9 months ago
49 minutes 54 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
S01E09 - The Annual STC Conference

A special episode where I spoke to the Admin Council members of STC about the upcoming Annual Conference to be held in Bengaluru.

Sachin Shenoy

Rajib Borkataki

Paresh Naik

Vinay Payyapilly

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9 months ago
46 minutes 31 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
UX design and UX writing with Adit Kohli

Adit Kohli is the Director of UX Design at Zenoti. As colleagues, we spent long hours discussing how UX and UI text can improve product experience. True to form, this conversation too went down many interesting rabbit holes.

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman.


Host: Vinay Payyapilly


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10 months ago
55 minutes 51 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Building your brand with Nibu Thomas

Nibu has one of the most interesting LinkedIn feeds I know. In this conversation we talk about the importance of building your personal brand, how to become recruitable, and of course, his exciting journey from the floors of Mico Bosch to technical writing leader.

The unforgettable JD for a product manager

This JD was written for me example

Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

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11 months ago
54 minutes 58 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
A product manager's view of documentation

Mrityunjay, or MJ as he is affectionately known, has owned products across multiple organizations. In this conversation, we dive deep into how PMs look at documentation, how documentation teams can get a place at the table, and the need for formal education in the field.

Mrityunjay Kumar | LinkedIn Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

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1 year ago
43 minutes 48 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
The business of documentation with Uday Chava
If you want to spend an evening dicussing product documentation, you can't do better than Uday Chava. In this episode I talk to Uday about running a documentation business, the benefits of writer collectives such as TWT, STC, TWIN, and so much more. Contact Uday Chava (https://www.linkedin.com/in/uday-chava-63b469/) Contact Vinay P (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayjap/)
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1 year ago
46 minutes 34 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Making documentation relevant with Sagar Garuda

Connect with Sagar - Sagar Garuda | LinkedIn Connect with Vinay: ⁠⁠Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

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1 year ago
58 minutes 13 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Managing a technical writing team with Mridula

Connect with Mridula Menon: Mridula Menon | LinkedIn Connect with Vinay: ⁠Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

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1 year ago
58 minutes 37 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Technical writing, UI text and remote working with Shrutika

Resources mentioned in the show:

Books:

Microcopy-The Complete Guide- Kinneret Yifrah -

https://www.microcopybook.com/

Strategic UX Writing- Torrey Podmajersky(Available on Amazon India)

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/strategic-writing-for/9781492049388/


Links:

UXCC: https://uxcontent.com/

NN Group: https://www.nngroup.com/

IDF: https://www.interaction-design.org/


Apart from these, Bright talk has a lot of good sessions


Connect with Shrutika: Shrutika Dhake (Kalgutkar) | LinkedIn Connect with Vinay: Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

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1 year ago
1 hour 52 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Documenting semiconductors with Amandeep

Connect with Amandeep: ⁠Amandeep Singh Talwar | LinkedIn Connect with Vinay: Vinay Antony Payyapilly | LinkedIn

Check out my other podcast - Pavement Conversations


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1 year ago
55 minutes 4 seconds

Documentors Unplugged
Join me as I talk to industry experts on product documentation, technical writing, management, and career growth.