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Have you considered building up through freelancing? Having a technical writer available would be a godsend for small startups who lack the time or discipline t
by e1g 8y ago
Have you considered building up through freelancing? Having a technical writer available would be a godsend for small startups who lack the time or discipline to document decisions or processes (or anything). I am certain you could find enough SaaS teams to support with a pitch of “I’ll speak with you for 2 hours and save you 2 days”.
At 10-15 hours per week you could do this at nights and weekends, and quickly test if you want this as a job.
In fact I have a lot of writing that needs to be done, mainly internal for capturing what the product does etc. no massive time pressures so could be done in spare time over few weeks. Feel free to reach out via email in the profile.
- techwriteher 8y agoThank you so much! It never occurred to me to try this partime, and see if I enjoy it and if there's a practical fit, rather than risk diving into it full time. I'll email you. Judging from the lack of response, do you think it's fair to say that not a whole lot of SWEs make the switch to Tech Writer? -SS :)
- e1g 8y agoI’ve met only a few of SWEs who were good at documenting, and only 1-2 of them who also enjoy it. From my experience, changing from SWE to Tech Writer is highly unusual - I’ve seen QA and BA folks change over, but never SWE. Have you considered going into Developer Relations instead? It has a big overlap with Technical Writing, but spans beyond that to include community discussions and direct “support” comms.