Resources for technical writing job hunters

These are some of the resources that I find to be helpful for people who want to start a carreer in technical writing.

Write the Docs

Write the Docs runs a Slack group with over 15,000 members who are interested in technical writing. Members of the group often post new job opportunities, and there are channels that can help you develop your skills.

GitHub & GitLab

Both of these websites are where a lot of software developers and technical writers do their work. Technical writers who want to familiarize themselves with software documentation should learn about the “Docs as Code” approach to technical writing.

Here are some steps you could take to build up a writing portfolio on GitHub:

• Create a writing sample repository and save some of your best writing samples in it, written in a markup language like Markdown, AsciiDoc, or reSructured text
  • You can repurpose something that you’ve already written
• Manage your portfolio website with Git, a static-site generator (Hugo, Jekyll, etc…), and Netlify
• Contribute documentation to an open source project (Write the Docs has a channel for opportunities like this)