Ben Bigger
Technical Writer (Consultant) at Subaru of America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolBen Bigger is a technical writer and consultant with 9 years of experience translating complex APIs and connected-vehicle systems into clear, usable documentation. Leveraging a J.D. and a B.S. in Physics, he blends legal precision and scientific rigor to make developer and customer-facing content both accurate and accessible. At Akamai he focused on API reference work for large-scale cloud delivery, and he has contributed consistently to the linode/docs repository by keeping API specs and module versions synchronized. Previously he led community support at Linode, mentoring teams across multiple channels, and today consults on internal documentation and modeling for Subaru's connected vehicle applications. A Full Stack Developer Nanodegree alumnus, he pairs hands-on web development skills with a knack for aligning technical docs to engineering change. Colleagues know him for methodical updates and an ability to spot versioning drift before it reaches users.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics at Haverford CollegeDoctor of Law (J.D.), Doctor of Law (J.D.) at William & Mary Law School
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Github Skills (5)
api-documentation10
go9
hugo7
git6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
linode/docs
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Linode guides and tutorials.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:91 releases, 148 reviews, 326 commits in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben consistently updated the API reference documentation within the `linode/docs` repository. Their primary focus was on updating the API specification versions, reflecting changes in the Linode API. They systematically updated the `go.mod` file to reflect the new API versions, ensuring the documentation remained synchronized with the API's evolution. The user also made some theme updates.
linode
linode/linode-api-docs
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
Source for the Linode API v4 Docs
Contributions:111 releases, 54 reviews, 813 commits in 2 years 9 months
apilinodelinode-api
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