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title: Be like Thomas Pynchon with Pawel Kowaluk
date: 2017-06-27
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coverAlt : Episode 16 guest Pawel Kowaluk
description: Pawel Kowaluk, a technical writer, self-proclaimed [DITA geek](https://dita.org), and [recruiter at 3di](https://3di.com.pl), joins us from Krakow, Poland. He talks about the rise of technical communication in Poland, starting a conference, and how to balance a team when hiring.
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://edmar.sh/llms.txt).

> After recording, we became aware that Pawel left the Soap! Conference team after one year. To further clarify, Pawel did not have a role in the formation of MeetContent, though he is an active member of the community. Content Content regrets any confusion or offense to those involved.

## Mentioned during this episode

- [Meet Content](http://meetcontent.org/)
- [Techwriter.pl](http://techwriter.pl)
- [Soap! Conference](http://soapconf.com)
- [International Technical Communication Qualifications Foundation (ITCQF)](http://itcqf.org)
- [Thomas Pynchon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon)
- [Poland Madcap Flare User Group](https://www.meetup.com/Poland-MadCap-Flare-User-Group/)
- [Users or people with Jack Molisani](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/users-or-people-with-jack-molisani-content-content-episode-15/)
- [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)
- ["Life begins when you step out of your comfort zone"- Pam Noreault](https://twitter.com/edmarsh/status/861946935112077312)
- [Daniel Pink's theory of motivation](https://www.tutor2u.net/business/reference/motivation-pink-three-elements-of-intrinsic-motivation)
- [Society for Technical Communication (STC) Certified Professional Technical Communicator](https://www.stc.org/certification/)
- [Flash fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction)
- [Pawel's flash fiction](http://kwlk.pl/)
- [Pawel on Twitter](https://twitter.com/PawelKowaluk)