Didi Watson Currently looking for employment

Professional Style and Values

Building on my previous roles as a technical writer/editor in the aerospace industry, an irregular warfare analyst in the defense industry, and a software engineer in the private sector, I've had the pleasure of developing deliverables and products requiring intensive analysis, editing, and formatting under firm deadlines. My work often involved cross-functional collaboration with subject-matter experts or analysts to create multiple, complex products for a single project. I combine project and time management with strong communication skills to help my team succeed and deliver quality products to our customers. Former colleagues have told me they appreciate my systematic approach to problem-solving, my positive attitude, my ability to communicate effectively under stressful circumstances, my tenacity, and my ability to organize work.

Recent Work

Completion of Learning API Technical Writing: JSON and XML

Description: Udemy course focused on preparing technical writers to develop documentation for API requests and responses formatted as either XML or JSON.

Enrolled in Technical Writing: How to Write Using DITA XML

Description: Udemy course that teaches how to write in DITA XML and how to organize projects.

Software Engineering Experience

As a software engineer at Worklete and StrongArm, I had the pleasure of working on multiple projects utilized by both both internal and external customers.

• Worklete (2022-2023)
• Languages: Ruby, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Markdown
• Frameworks/Libraries: Rails, React
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Test suite: Minitest
• Other technologies: Material UI, Docker, Docker Compose, Sidekiq/Cron, Redis
• Maintained and updated documentation including database schema, Readme markdown files, GitHub wiki/how-to guide
• Developed and exposed web API (RESTful API and others) endpoints to feed data to both a Ruby on Rails frontend and React injects to an external learning management system
• Ingested external web API (RESTful API) endpoints to pull data from an external learning management system (Litmos)
• Developed features and user interface improvements that increased the value and usability of our product
• Accessed and manipulated data stored in our internal PostgreSQL database via the command line
• Created data visualizations to display data and statistics
• Debugging and problem solving
• StrongArm Technologies Projects (2023-2024)
• Languages: Python, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Markdown
• Frameworks/Libraries: Flask, React
• Database: MySQL
• Test suite: Pytest
• Other Technologies: Docker, Docker Compose, APScheduler, Redis, react-select, react-datagrid, SqlAlchemy
• Developed new internal user interface using Python/Flask (backend) and Javascript/React (frontend): conception to production deployment
• Authored system documentation including readme markdown files, GitHub wiki, and system User Manual
• Developed and exposed web API (RESTful API) endpoints to feed data to React frontend
• Consumed external web API (RESTful API) endpoints to pull data from an external learning management system (Absorb)
• Organized, abstracted, and refactored code to improve usability within Flask framework

Technologies

Education

• Turing School of Software and Design
• Graduation Date: March 2022
• Certificate in Backend Development - focus on Ruby on Rails
• Skills and Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, test driven development, RSpec, API consumption and exposure, authenitication and security (including bcrypt and sessions), database design, PostgreSQL, project devlopment, communications and teamwork, CLI
• University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Graduation Date: August 2015
• Masters in Library and Information Science
• Program Overview: Masters program focus on information and database queries, library management, archives
• Student Work/Volunteer Experience:
• University of Hawaiʻi Book Lab
• University of Hawaiʻi Government Documents: Trust Territories of the Pacific Imagery Project
• University of Colorado - Boulder
• Graduation Date: June 2006
• Bachelor's of Arts in Linguistics and Japanese Language and Literature
• Study Abroad: 関西外大 (Kansai International University) - 2004

Professional Experience