Here are some of the things I’ve learned about being a technical writer: There will always be technical writing work. New projects became open to me: editing a PowerPoint slide, writing catchy marketing copy, and performing quality assurance on a completed course. Although I still have plenty to learn, I’m now twice as fast at completing an assignment as I was when I started. I was asked to do another project that made the difficulty of my first akin to something called “How to Zip Up Your Fly: A Post-Urination Guide.”īut the more I familiarized myself with the industry jargon, the more this type of writing started to feel natural. When I finally finished it, I got paid promptly. I cleared my schedule and locked myself in my office for an entire weekend. I jumped at the opportunity-and got the job. Then, I saw a job posting that told me the company was looking for a full-time writer. A few days later, I was given a technical writing assignment for which I would be paid more than I’d earned in the last six months. I hoped to show them I could at least research and put words into grammatically acceptable sentences. So I just did my own thing I wrote a marketing blurb about the company, based on its website content and whatever else I could find online. When I read the instructions, I didn’t understand half the words onscreen, let alone what I was supposed to do with them. When applying for the job, I was asked to complete a “writing assessment” that all contractors must take to determine their skill level. How to Find a Job in a New Field When You Have Little Experienceīut let me go back.
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