<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please accept my application to work with Matplotlib as a Technical Writer for the 2023 Google Season of Docs. I am a solution-driven Software Engineer and Technical Writer with over 4 years of experience. I am passionate about building scalable products and helping developers become successful by empowering them with the knowledge (through content creation) for building great products.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I excel at creating technical developer-focused content; I have experience writing technical articles as an independent contractor for startups like Webiny Headless CMS, OpenReplay, Mattermost, and Cloudinary to mention a few. Here are links to some of my articles:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://mattermost.com/blog/dynamic-routing-in-next-js-using-rest-and-graphql-apis/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dynamic Routing in Next.js Using REST and GraphQL APIs</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://blog.openreplay.com/a-dive-into-wasp/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A Dive Into Wasp; a Domain-Specific Language for Building Full-stack Web Applications</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://www.webiny.com/blog/build-css-tricks-clone-nextjs-webiny-headless-cms" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Building a CSS Tricks Clone With Webiny Headless CMS and Next.js</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><a href="https://dev.to/emmanuelthecoder/getting-started-with-react-router-19de" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Getting Started With React Router</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times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