Another person starts their career as a technical author today

One of our candidates starts working today – as a technical author at a software company in the Midlands. It’s her first job in, hopefully, a long career as a technical author. She’s had some technical writing experience from the sandwich year on her course, but this is her first permanent writing position. It’s the… Read more »

Technical Documentation: How it really gets written

This reputedly originates from Damien Katz of The CouchDB Project: “Welcome to the world of technical documentation! The situation you are in is no different from any other technical author. The technical writing process: 1. Ask engineer how the damn thing works. 2. Deafing silence. 3. Crickets. 4. Tumbleweed. 5. Just start writing something. Anything…. Read more »

Banking 2.0 – Could a technical author prevent a future banking crisis?

In the United Kingdom, the banking sector has been changed fundamentally today, with HM Government taking shareholdings in two major banks. This change has already been called “Banking 2.0”, and it’s clear that the government support and part-ownership ushers in a new approach to finance and risk. In order to prevent future banking crises, there… Read more »