Michelle Scharlock
Technical Writer-Programmer 4 at The Paper Marmot
Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichelle Scharlock is a seasoned technical writer-programmer with nine years of experience translating complex developer and security topics into clear, actionable documentation for enterprise audiences, currently contracting with Microsoft. She blends hands-on engineering familiarity (JavaScript, Markdown, XML, GitHub) with content strategy—creating large-scale content refresh plans, restructuring documentation sets, and running editorial calendars that drive adoption and support. Her background spans product-facing developer docs, in-product text, technical marketing, and accessibility work, and she has driven measurable gains in traffic, engagement, and usability. Outside of docs she runs a small art business creating dog caricatures and sings opera, bringing a creative, user-focused sensibility to technical communication. Notably, she has led DEI and community initiatives at Microsoft and won awards for customer research excellence, reflecting an ability to pair empathy with data-driven documentation decisions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
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English, French, German, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (65)
pnp10
npm-package10
typescript-definitions10
office36510
excel10
javascript-api10
spfx10
office-addin10
api10
visual-studio-extension10
microsoft-graph-api10
powershell10
typescript10
dts10
microsoft10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
arn1313/pi-spy
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:71 commits, 55 PRs, 64 pushes in 4 days
mscharlock/portfolio
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:34 PRs, 59 pushes, 13 branches in 19 days
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