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Q&A Breaking Into Technical Writing - Where to Start (from a programming background)

I'm currently in the process of expanding my company from doing coding & web development to more technical writing and freelance tech journalism. Although my background is mainly in technology,...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by theonlylos‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar theonlylos‭ · 2019-12-08T01:48:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm currently in the process of expanding my company from doing coding & web development to more technical writing and freelance tech journalism. Although my background is mainly in technology, throughout high school and college I put a few AP and advanced writing courses under my belt and I've gotten fairly familiar with business correspondence, and while I've done some basic instruction sets for clients, I've never had a part-time or full-time position just for writing.

At the moment I've been searching career sites and reaching out to my network of contacts, however aside from those measures, is there any thing else I should be doing? For example, although I have a blog containing articles I've done, should I also assemble a portfolio of mock proposals and correspondence to show my knowledge?

Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions,

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-08-01T23:51:42Z (over 13 years ago)
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