Jess Schalz

@grem
Patron Saint of Software and Ibuprofen
Minneapolis, MN, USA
she/they

Technical Writer

Autistic

Midwesterner

Disability

Activist

Antiracist

Queer

Remote Worker

non-binary

Cat Mom

Hello!

I'm Jess! I'm an engineer-turned-technical writer! I'm disabled, queer, neurodivergent, and an oddity enthusiast. My terrible cat daughter is Sudo, and she joins every meeting whether I want her to or not.

Pre-February 2020, I spoke at conference talks and meetups in person! During this ongoing global pandemic, I've reduced my speaking engagements to virtual-only.

Pronouns: I use she/her or they/them interchangeably! Confused? Check this out!

Special interests:

Quantum computing
Autistic/neurodivergent communication
Endometriosis/immunology
Crochet
Digital art

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I'm open to

open source contributions,

speaking at events,

Contact Me

Resume

Nov 2022 - Present

Senior Technical Writer, Bold Commerce

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✏️ Writing (Medium) ✏️

👾 GitHub 👾

Portfolio

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I wrote a post about simple automation with the Medium REST API, and then proceeded to be the reason the public repo was killed. https://grem.medium.com/medium-rest-api-example-calls-with-python-re...

I started at Pantheon.io! Pantheon is a platform that helps you manage many many many Wordpress/Drupal sites at once. I'm excited to work with this team and make some good happen! 💛

https://grem.medium.com/remember-this-isnt-actually-remote-work-eb2c4b75455c

Over the past year, I've watched tons of people come out as nonbinary and trans. I'm fully convinced the pandemic and remote work played a role in this, and I explained why here: https://grem.mediu...

Public Speaking

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Oh hey friends! Long time no post! September was 10/10 busy for me. But! I gave my first ever virtual talk! Here's "On-Call Exhaustion, Tightropes, and You", from DisInfosec 2021! It's a talk about...

In 2019, I flew down to Austin, Texas and gave a talk at LASCon X about how to make security and developers play nice. The reason I gave this talk is because I'd been a developer before, and at the...

Data shows us that queer-inclusive DevOps culture makes better teams. Want to learn how? This post explains data, how it's relevant, and some first steps to a more LGBT+ inclusive culture. [This is...

Back in March, I got to speak on the Screaming in the Cloud podcast (hosted by the illustrious Cloud Economist Corey Quinn)! Corey and I talked about ADHD, neurodivergence, and how both play into s...