One of my best friends, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is worried about his career prospects. He’s turned 40, had a decent job as an IT developer but this has been sent to India. He was furious but now he’s just depressed. Where to start? Many are worried that their jobs will be off-shored to India [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jobs'
5 Careers Opportunities for IT Professionals in China
February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · China
Tags:Career·China·contract·Finance·HR·Jobs·Linkedin·Outsource·Project management·Shanghai
Technical Writing News – Nov 6th
November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews
New technical writing screencasts, Madcap win an award, and the Intercom editorial calendar is finally announced. What more could you want?
Here is a quick roundup of this week’s technical writing news.
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What’s the Highest Daily Rate You Can Get as a Technical Writer?
November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career
Knowledge is power. Knowing the daily rates of others in your industry helps you negotiate fees and get a better deal.
I’ve worked in the US, UK and now here in Asia and have seen a vast difference in the rates that writers work for.
Some of my friends in India work for $15 per hour, which [...]
Tags:Career·contract·Contracting·Daily Rates·Employment·Freelancing·India·Jobs·London·STC·Work
How to Get Out of Technical Writing and into Better Paid Jobs
October 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, India
Many IT professionals, technical writers included, have seen their salaries frozen or reduced over the past 18 months. Contractors are suffering the same fate as short-term projects dry up.
However, several of my colleagues have managed to move out of technical writing and into other, better paid lines of work. Here’s a roundup.
Tags:Adobe·Career·CMS·content management·India·Information Architecture·Jobs·microsoft·Non-governmental organization·Site Management·Technical Writing·trends·web 2.0·Web content
What kind to Technical Documents should I write for Java projects?
June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
What kind to technical documents should I write for Java project?
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Vacancy – Senior Technical Writer for Server Products
June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Vacancy – Senior Technical Writer for Server Products
Snagit Tip – How to create a Mirror edge at the bottom of your screenshots
June 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing
Snagit Tip – How to create a Mirror edge at the bottom of your screenshots
Tags:Dita·graphics·India·Jobs·Screenshot·Snagit·Technical Writing·Techsmith·trends·wikipedia·XML
XML has won! All major office suites now save their documents in zipped XML by default
June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
For Microsoft®, the nightmare of a younger, nimbler competitor overtaking them is also coming true. The company was so distracted by Sun and Netscape that it failed to notice Google sneaking up on Office and Windows. GMail, Google Docs, and similar applications from a variety of sources are rapidly rendering the underlying operating system irrelevant.
Is 61k USD the Average Salary for Technical Writing Jobs?
June 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Average Salary of Technical Writing Jobs
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Technical Writer Vacancy
May 30th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
Opportunity for senior Technical Writer with experience with web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and XML. As the lead Technical Writer you will:
Interview with Vinish Garg, vhite.com
May 24th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
Vinish Garg is the Director of vhite.com, an Indian technical writing firm that provides technical documentation and medical writing consultancy services. I interviewed Vinish recently and asked him how he started as a technical writer, about technical writing in India, and new trends he sees emerging in this field.
Tags:arbortext·Career·India·interview·Jobs·STC·Technical Writing·Templates·TWIN·user guides·web 2.0
Technical Writer Job – Doxygen and Epydoc skills an advantage
May 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Technical Writers looking for a new role and with experience using automated documentation tools such as Doxygen and Epydoc should contact ImageMovers Digital. This motion picture studio is devoted to the films of Academy Award-winning director/producer Robert Zemeckis and is looking for talented tech writers.
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Considerations for Hiring Technical Writers
May 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
If you have a group of stressed out and overworked technical writers and need to add to your staff, hiring the right technical writer can be a challenge. The author, Philip Rastocny, provides some tips on the hiring and interview process and what you might look for in exceptional technical writing candidates that will best [...]
How Popular is Technical Writing on Wikipedia?
May 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Popularity of Technical Writing on Wikipedia
You can see the number of times people have searched Wikipedia for something, for example, technical writing or Camtasia. Select the language, date, and enter the keyword you want to search for.
Justify Hiring Technical Writers During Hard Economic Times
May 17th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
The marketplace for technical writers has often been challenging. In difficult economic times when companies seek to slash their budgets, it is often difficult for corporations to understand the need for a technical writer, let alone to understand the need to increase staffing in the documentation department. This article looks at the benefits of hiring [...]
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