Areesha Tariq- Portfolio

Areesha Tariq

Technical Writer

About Me

I am a software engineer and a detail-oriented technical writer with 6+ years of experience authoring high-quality software documentation, user guides, manuals, project descriptions. I have actively contributed to open-source projects, participating in the Google Season of Docs (GSoD) 2019 and GSoD 2020, as well as in Outreachy Internship.

Technical Writing
Website Development
Research
Database Management
Back-end Support
Debugging
Project Planning
Team Collaboration
Communication

Education

Bachelors of Software Engineering
National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

2016-2020

Work Experience

Technical Content Engineer
Educative Inc.

Oct 2020 - May 2023

Open Source Technical Writer
Google Season of Docs 2020

DIPY

August 2020 - November 2020

Open Source Intern
Outreachy Internship

Open Food Facts

May 2021 - August 2021

Open Source Technical Writer
Google Season of Docs 2019

Open ELIS Global

August 2019 - November 2019

Technical Skills

JavaScript

72%

Markdown

78%

Python

75%

HTML & CSS

90%

PHP

75%

Java

68%

Perl

57%

Tech Tools

Linux
Git
Sphinx
Read the Docs
Docker
MySQL

Recent Portfolio

All Categories
Technical Writing
Development
Open Source

Developing Web Applications with PHP
Interactive course of Intermediate level that I developed during my job at Educative, Inc/span>

GSoD 2019 - OpenELIS Global
Open ELIS Global Project Report

Eyenovative
Project Documentation

Python for Scientists and Engineers
Developed an interactive course of Intermediate level during my job in Educative, Inc using Markdown

GSoD 2020 - DIPY
DIPY Project Report

Open Food Facts Server Project
A major contributor of this project

Medical Website
Single medical platform for doctors, pharmacists, ambulances and patients

Rogue Robot on Rampage
A VR Game built using Unity3D and Blender

Eyeware
Application for Visually Impaired

Project: Convert UDP into TCP
Documentation

Research Papers
Real Time Modeling of Microwave Oven
Real Time Modeling of TCP

SE Unplugged Website
Built website and conducted surveys using Machine Learning Algorithms

Learn Coding Basics in JavaScript
Interactive course of Beginner level that I developed during my job at Educative, Inc

My Blogs

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Everybody Struggles

Published in Better Programming

It’s been five weeks since my Outreachy internship started and there have been many times when I got stuck and struggled with something for hours...

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Modifying Expectations

Published in Better Programming

You always start a project with certain goals. You make a list of targets that need to be achieved before the end of the week and by next month...

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My Outreachy Project

Published in Better Programming

Open Food Facts is the “Wikipedia of Food.” It impacts the health of individuals, society, and the planet. Food and nutrition are a very essential...

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Outreachy Internship at Open Food Facts

The back end of Open Food Facts is written in Perl. Over the last eight years, the Open Food Facts codebase has grown a lot organically...

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Get a remote and paid internship

Do you want to get a remote and paid internship? Here’s my story on how I got selected in Outreachy in the organization Perl & Raku...