Technology writing is a challenging field. Since this is not a very high profile market, support is very lacking.
Track a sensible career path
Start in a group; then, stay only just long enough; manage yourself; then, manage a group.
Go contracting (dependent on the market).
Your lifeline is knowledge; learn the politics of your company. Get their name tattooed on your shoulder after finding someone who regularly gives you reliable, timely, technically exact answers! Usually, they are the ones who handled real world consumers and used the goods in the authentic environment.
Talk WITH instead of AT. Tech-writers lack the force necessary to get away with communicating at.
Track things; grab a spreadsheet printout and put it on the board.
Build outstanding product and domain expertise; the more you can solve for yourself, the much better off you'll be (and the more respect the techies will have).
Discover your users, their goals, challenges they are facing, and how they want help. Tell them not just what the product can achieve; an aid system is only valuable if it meets the demands of the users.
Treat each person as a customer. Then control their expectations and your own deditions. Always be sure they grasp your work. Tell them when you might be finished. Then stop at all necessary points to meet your deadline.
Give the advancement team a surrogate user screening mechanism with functional feedback.
Task as hard as needed to produce excellent quality doco finished on schedule and to budget; this will help you to acquire the gratification from the task you need.
Enjoy yourself working on it.
The current, merciless, apathetic IT environment does not make one sour and jaded. Make use of your intelligence and the given tools. Most crucial of all, make your first goal job contentment. It's the only way I could keep happy and advance.
Use these short ideas to stay on your path towards a fulfilling tech-writing profession.
Get their name tattooed on your shoulder after finding someone who routinely provides you quick, reliable, technically exact answers! Usually, they are the people who have handled actual customers and used the product in the actual world.
Tell them not only what the product can achieve; an aid system is only useful if it meets the needs of the users.
This is the best approach to keep happy and advance.
