#23349
For starters, many people working on large Web sites hold more than one of these identities or have held more than one of these roles in their career to date, so it makes little sense to limit one's goals to one of these titles.
Kelleher, Liz Hines. ADE Bulletin (2001). Careers>Web Design>Writing>Technical Writing
#20680
Throwing the Bones to Certification 
The more I think about certifications and the issue of 'specialist vs. generalist' I just have to wonder if it would be better to just get a bag of shiny new dice and start rolling one's own.
Berger, Jenny L. Creative Tech Writer, The (2003). Careers>Certification>Professionalism>Technical Writing
#26739
Tools for the World-Weary Knowledge Worker 
The project was a good test of the personal and portable knowledge worker tools that I have been recommending over the past four years, and a chance to reflect on how they all fit together. These are the items of hardware and software that proved most valuable to me.
Barth, Steve. KMworld (2006). Careers>Writing>Knowledge Management
#31732
Training Technical Communicators for Management
Identifying management candidates and training technical communicators before they get promoted to management positions can make for a very smooth and successful transition for both the candidate and the organization.
Erber-Stark, Jessica. Writing Assistance (2006). Careers>Management>Education>Technical Writing
#29364
Translate Technology Solutions Into a Strong Business Case
How do you explain highly technical designs in terms that nontechnical managers and executives--who typically have decision-making power over the budget--can understand and appreciate? Unless you know a technical writer who can translate for you, you're going to have to do it yourself.
Talon, Mike. TechRepublic (2003). Careers>Business Communication>Technical Writing>Business Case
#15221
Using a Bookstore to Land a Job 
Discusses how technical writers can prepare for new jobs by focusing on potential employers' needs and upgrading their writing skills.
Bush, Donald W. Intercom (2002). Careers>Interviewing>Writing
#24171
Using Résumés to Show the Value of Skilled Writing
The difficult conditions in today’s tight job market provide a silver lining for those who teach technical writing. This urgent environment makes it easier to demonstrate the practical value of writing skills to students developing résumés and letters of application.
Schmadeka, Wayne L. Intercom (2004). Careers>Resumes>Writing
#30578
A Week in the Life of a Technical Writer
This site is designed to give you insight into the daily life of several technical writers at National Instruments.
#30307
What Are Software Documentation Specialists, Anyway?
They call us 'documentation specialists' in the biz. Our mail is addressed to 'doc spec' because 'documentation specialist' doesn't fit on mailing labels. At social gatherings, people's faces go blank when we say we write software documentation or computer manuals. But what are we, really?
Olander, Karen Wise. Boston Broadside (1991). Careers>Documentation>Writing>Technical Writing
#23678
What Color Is Your Future Job: Commodity Writer or Strategic Communicator?
Commodity writing is the type of technical communication characterized as the creation of formulaic documentation on demand, and is closely tied to writing code. Companies are increasingly comfortable outsourcing both of these tasks. Those are the jobs being sent offshore, as evidenced by the surge in job openings on STC job boards in the Asia-Pacific countries.
Bailie, Rahel Anne. MetroVoice (2003). Careers>Writing>Outsourcing>Technical Writing
#28420
Talent matters. And not everybody has it. I have never and will never tell a writer that it's time to give up.
Keiger, Dale. ManuscriptEditing.com (2001). Careers>Writing>Publishing
#29989
Perhaps the most obtuse way of explaining what a technical writer is to say that the profession is misnamed; the real description should be non-technical writer. In other words, a person who turns technical text into non-technical information.
HyperWrite (2003). Careers>Writing>Technical Writing
#10239
What It Takes To Be An Online Content Professional
Sure, this field is new and fun. It's fast-growing and fast-moving. It's even sexy. It offers plenty of variety, opportunity, and freedom....It's also confusing, demanding, exhausting, difficult, complicated, aggravating, risk-prone, and sometimes just plain rotten. It takes a special kind of person to survive and thrive as a full-time online content professional. Without the right mix of personal qualities you'll probably plateau, fail, or quit.
Gahran, Amy. Contentious (2000). Careers>Writing>Online
#13569
Where can you go from technical writing? Someone once told me that once you're a tech writer, you're always a tech writer. I think that's a load of hooey.
Knowles, Michael. Write Thinking (2001). Careers>Writing
#25597
A directory listing that crawls the web several times a day and gathers the newest jobs posted on a large variety of job sites.
#26982
Technical writing is fast emerging from the shadows and becoming a key area of specialisation in the IT industry. An insider's brief about the nature and scope of the profession.
Sajitha, Jayaprakash. The Hindu (2005). Careers>Writing>Technical Writing
#23504
A collection of current job listings for technical writers.
#20905
Writerfind.com, established in 1998, helps established, professional writers and editors to gain access to the global marketplace.
#18540
The U.S. Department of Labor expects demand for writers and editors to increase faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2010. Most jobs require a college degree either in the liberal arts—communications, journalism, and English are preferred—or a technical subject for technical writing positions. Competition is expected to be less for lower paying, entry-level jobs at small daily and weekly newspapers, trade publications, and radio and television broadcasting stations in small markets. Persons who fail to gain better paying jobs or earn enough as independent writers usually are able to transfer readily to communications-related jobs in other occupations.
#28850
As a programmer or developer, the Subject Matter Expert is concerned about developing code that is bug free and serves the client's purpose. They need to have task wise in-depth technical orientation, which often results in having a limited perspective of the user requirement. But those who wish to swap into the technical writing arena are required to have an in-depth overview and analytical outlook of the user perspective and the project in its entirety. As a Technical Writer, the Subject Matter Expert has to understand the user's mindset. Identifying the target audience, producing a document that will answer their questions readily and meeting their expectations is no easy job.
Suryakantham Ravi. Dot Net Spider (2005). Careers>Writing>Technical Writing>SMEs
#18517
On the surface, defining news is a simple task. News is an account of what is happening around us. It may involve current events, new initiatives or ongoing projects or issues. But a newspaper does not only print news of the day. It also prints background analysis, opinions, and human interest stories. Choosing what's news can be harder.
#24992
A weblog of writing and editing jobs.
Hewitt, John. Writer's Resource Center (2004). Careers>Job Listings>Writing
#26483
Writing Program Administrators: Job Board
Post announcements about job openings in this forum. Posters are encouraged to send their announcements to WPA-L as well.
Council of Writing Program Administrators, The. Careers>Job Listings>Academic>Writing
#22603
#32209
Starting a Technical Writing Business from Scratch
What does it take to start your own technical-writing business? Chutzpa! Insanity! I began mine by getting a loan from my local bank for my first computer to set up a home office. It was a Micron desktop 386, the fastest computer in town! That was nine years ago. I now have a nice office, a sizeable staff, and all the work I can handle, most of the time.
Nickolich, Ruth. TechCom Manager (2006). Careers>Management>Writing>Technical Writing
