For one of my first major projects at Kong I was asked to document a feature that was part of the codebase but not yet included in the documentation, and therefore not really usable (docs are important!). The developer who wrote the feature was no longer at the company, so I had to rely on the PR he wrote and some notes he left behind. Using his notes and PR, including the schema and subschema for the different handlers, I was able to create cURL requests and generate sample responses.
As part of my first major feature documentation assignment at Kong, I was asked to document a feature that had been a part of the codebase for a while but was lacking documentation and so not used. The developer who wrote the feature was no longer at Kong, so I had to rely heavily on his notes and PR where he added the new code. Using his notes and the code in the PR, I was able to create a reference doc (also included in my sample writings) as well as several example use cases that I tested myself as I documented them.
At MuleSoft, I worked with a large team of writers and was able to develop my collaboration skills. I was assigned to document a new API Gateway with another writer. There was a lot of content to cover, so while we worked together to outline what content was needed and how to organize it, we split the writing tasks between the two of us. After writing we reviewed each other’s content and approved open PRs so the content could be merged. It was nice to have a different perspective and it helped me to grow as a writer and team member.