---
title: The Career Changing Magic of Writing It Up
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2017/program/proposals/406
beginning: '2017-10-07T09:30:00.000-07:00'
end: '2017-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:00'
keynote: true
resources:
  internet_archive_identifier: seagl2017-rikki-endsley-20171007
presenters:
- name: Rikki Endsley
  affiliation: Opensource.com
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/337
  gravatar_id: 311221d7a939eabf08de77534a64353c
  biography: 'Rikki Endsley is a community manager and editor for [Opensource.com](https://opensource.com/),
    and a 2016 recipient of an O’Reilly Open Source Award. In the past, she worked
    as a community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards team at Red Hat; freelance
    tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher
    of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and as the managing editor of Sys
    Admin magazine and UnixReview.com. Follow her on Twitter: [@rikkiends](https://twitter.com/rikkiends).'
---

Rikki is an editor and community manager for Opensource.com where she mentors writers and helps people tell their tech stories. Previously she worked as a community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards team at Red Hat. Other hats she has worn include: tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and managing editor of Sys Admin magazine and UnixReview.com. In 2016 she won an O’Reilly Open Source Award for her tireless work to build a vibrant, creative and well-documented open source community. Follow her on Twitter: @rikkiends
