Technical writers

doublehelix2

doublehelix2

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Technical authors

Is there anyone on OC who does this job or knows somone who does? Can you tell me about it, what the work is like, places that would employ you, outlook and salary etc?
 
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need to be a bit more specific i think. in what field of business? or is there a career for technical writers no matter what?

i work for a gearbox manufacturer, in our industrial product marketing program we have press releases go out that are technical in nature and they are written by a marketing agency who specialise in writing technical pieces.

is this the kind of thing you mean?
 
There's a couple in my department (one recently started).

I'd imagine that pretty much medium/large Project/Development operation would employ them. HOWEVER, my (somewhat limited) view is that much of what they do could arguably be done by Business Analysts. Or at least BAs with a decent level of experience and expertise in creating similar documents.

I wouldn't mind learning a bit more about it to be honest as one thing I do miss from school/uni is the opportunity to write about things in any kind of detail.

A quick check online suggests typical salaries in the £25-35k range.
 
I do it as part of my job (although it's actually someone elses job :/ )
It's a pain in the arse but that's mainly because I don't get paid any extra to do it.
Its repetitive but the money is decent.
I work for a software company and as well as supporting the software I write the help documentation.
 
InsomniaCalls said:
I do it as part of my job (although it's actually someone elses job :/ )
It's a pain in the arse but that's mainly because I don't get paid any extra to do it.
Its repetitive but the money is decent.
I work for a software company and as well as supporting the software I write the help documentation.
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