The Future of Technical Documentation 2000-2010

The need for TCs with traditional writing skills will remain fairly stable, but the need for TCs in total will grow. The new technical communicators will come from the world of game design, where they know all about 3D-vector animation, and they will come from the world of TV and video production.

TC-FORUM (2000). Careers>TC>Documentation>Video

How to Get a Good Job  

Suggests ways to get a good job by cutting production time and cost on user manuals while increasing access and usability.

Bush, Donald W. Intercom (2000). Careers>Documentation>TC

Life Beyond Computer Documentation  

In this paper we explore the title statement by examining some of the places in an industrial, business or educational organization where a technical communicator might reside as well as some of the numerous roles the communicator might play and the kinds of products the communicator might produce. The paper is intended to help young communicators see more clearly that their job need not be limited to the routine, the mundane, and the terminally boring, and to encourage them to see that the field of technical communication is far broader that just the production of computer documentation.

Wise, Daniel E. STC Proceedings (2002). Careers>TC>Documentation