Adventures in Publishing: Finding a Gig as a Computer Book Author
If you’ve been documenting software for any length of time, and if you still wander into bookstores, perhaps you’ve gazed wistfully at the shelf of books covering some of the tools and packages you use...
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Sliding into Technical Writing
I entered this career using a combination of persistence and dumb luck. I wanted to become a tech writer when I was in college, but the career ladder didn’t exist then as it does now. My parents...
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This IS Your Dream Job!
Here are two questions to ask yourself: 1) when are you most content? (Not ‘happy’ per se, since happy moments are fleeting. 2) Does contentment ever happen for you during the workday? The average...
View ArticleEverything I Need to Know As a Technical Writer I Learned In High School
Not many of us started off here. Although it seems that the field has been growing steadily for twenty years, there haven’t historically been a lot of technical writing programs, and thus most...
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Freelancing: Are You Ready to Make the Leap?
Back when I was taking my technical writing certificate at Seneca College in Toronto, one of my professors (Beth Agnew, @professorsan) spent three hours chatting with us about what it’s like being a...
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Technical Communication Captive to Freelancing Consultant
Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Made the Leap Two years ago while still working full time; I started a freelancing gig as a side project. I enjoyed trying to get my brand out into the world and being...
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Where the Jobs Are in Technical Writing
Technical writing is a broad practice and most technical writing positions vary greatly in functionality. While for some the choice to become a technical writer is obvious, the industry one chooses to...
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