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Changed wording of 'en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Getting_started/Soft_skills/Finding_a_job' for clarity's sake.

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Readers won't have to suffer through mildly incorrect English.

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Unable to erase commas after instances of 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'
gchang12 and others added 28 commits October 12, 2025 17:28
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Fixed hyphenation.
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Fixed commas; added hyperlink to Medium.
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Fixed commas.
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Added hyperlink to Medium where appropriate.
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Added period to <li> content for consistency.
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Fixed wording so that technical writer description entails writing do…
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…cumentation that explains how a SPECIFIC technology works, rather than how technology in GENERAL works.
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… guides on the web that tell you how to write CVs
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Made content refer to GDocs files properly.
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Deleted erroneous comma (preceded dependent clause).
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Minor wording changes, plus a typo-fix.
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Capitalized 'Fibonacci'; made prompt more mathematically rigorous.
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Added in some wording to fill in a gap in sentence, so to speak
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Reworded more paragraphs for better flow.
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Reworded for clarity's sake.
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Replaced 'I' with 'you' in accordance with OG author's wording.
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@github-actions github-actions bot added Content:Learn Learning area docs size/m [PR only] 51-500 LoC changed labels Oct 13, 2025
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Hi there @gchang12, and thank you for the cleanup work! I have gone through all of your changes. Most of them make sense, but I've included a few further suggestions for you to look at.
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URL: /en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Getting_started/Soft_skills/Finding_a_job
Title: Finding a job
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Addded rewording to reduce ambiguity.
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Remove trailing space.

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Reverted this commit, which was sneakily put in without author's consent.

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