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About Robert Desprez

I have worked as a Vancouver technical writer for more than 20 years, working at some of British Columbia's largest high-tech firms. I have served in leadership positions for the Society for Technical Communication and have worked as a writing instructor at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University.

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Vancouver Technical Writer. Former Instructor at Simon Fraser University. Dog Lover. Coffee Drinker. Tennis and Piano Player.

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17 Nov 1990511045618889117

Jeff Bezos reportedly to co-lead AI startup called Project Prometheus

Move marks first time the Amazon founder will have an operational role at a company since 2021

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Why long-running tasks autonomously carried out by agentic AI aren’t the future of doc work, and...

As AI agents become more capable, there’s growing eagerness to develop long-running tasks that operate autonomously ...

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Federal budget dedicates over $1B to boost Canadian AI and quantum computing | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget proposes providing more than $1 billion over the next five years to bu...

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Gen Z workers shunning the career ladder is more of a reaction to the behaviour of companies /via @globeandmail

Gen Z workers shunning the career ladder is more of a reaction to the behaviour of companies

These workers are looking at the path to the corner office with skepticism, which makes sense given that the eco...

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About Me

I have worked as a Vancouver technical writer for more than 20 years, working at Kodak, Boeing, Teck Resources, and FortisBC. In addition, I have worked as a writing instructor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

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