> That's an interesting point, Jim! I certainly know why this
> career is satisfying to me (independent work, variety,
> challenging, love explaining things and helping people do
> their jobs better). What do others find satistying about
> Technical Writing as a career?
>
I love the opportunity to feel smart.
I love sitting in a meeting asking questions that gradually help the
engineers to clarify their product vision.
I love discovering bugs that nobody else found, or being the first to
suggest a really cool new feature.
I love sitting down at the first product meeting and feeling like
everyone is speaking a foreign language because the product is so
complicated or the technology is so new, and then the process of
breaking down this thing that's impossible to understand into something
anybody can understand.
I love the process of coming into a team that thinks they don't need a
tech writer and showing them why they do and why I in particular am such
a value-add.
I just really love being a tech writer.
Anne
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