I moved into contracting when I moved to the US so I could juggle different projects at the same time. Sometimes I was working – and billing – three clients in the same week. This was at the height of the dotcom boom when freelancing made you big bucks. Oddly enough, now that the economy is tanking, many Technical Writer are moving into freelancing to supplement their incomes. Here are some ways to determine you daily rates if you decide to go freelance.
Using LinkedIn To Find Technical Writing Contract Work
July 7, 2010 By
I’ve had some reservations about LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanwalsh) and didn’t join up until last year. Most of the technical writers I spoke to didn’t seem to get much return on the site and looked elsewhere. I should add that most of these were job-hunting and looking to make quick connections. For them it didn’t work.
Are Daily Rates for Technical Writers Starting To Improve?
January 29, 2010 By
In December, I looked at the daily rates for technical writers and others in the tech comms industry. At the time daily rates for technical writers are down to $30 per hour in some places in the Bay Area. However, maybe things are starting to turn around. In Ireland (Euro HQ for most US IT companies) Google has announced 150 new jobs, many in technical roles. So, is the tide starting to turn?
How do you measure the value of technical documents?
November 21, 2009 By
One of our tech docs team was fired yesterday. Why? Technical documents provide no value. This is how Management sees it. Tech docs are nice to have but NOT essential. Tech docs are useful but LESS important than development, user interface and marketing. Are they right? It’s hard not to get defensive in these situations. […]
Are technical documents a waste of time?
November 20, 2009 By
“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar? These were the words a former Project Manager once told me. I’d written 20,000 words for a banking system – and no-one would read it. What do you do when your own company has such a poor view of […]
