Why you should start Technical Writing?
How Techanical Writing Was A Life Changing Expericne?
Technical writing is an invaluable skill for any tech worker, yet it is often overlooked as a career path or as a side project. As someone who started technical blogging last year, I’ve been amazed by the numerous benefits it has provided me professionally and personally. In this post, I’ll share my own experience getting started with technical writing and explain why it’s an endeavor that any tech professional should consider.
I began writing tech tutorials and explainers on Medium last year without any plans to make it a major part of my work. I simply enjoyed sharing what I was learning in my field of data science and machine learning. However, I quickly found that putting thoughts into writing solidified my own knowledge and helped me learn complex topics more deeply. Beyond benefiting me, my articles were filling a need for many readers struggling to understand key technical concepts.
As I continued writing consistently, the opportunities expanded exponentially. I developed entirely new career options through paid blogging gigs, sponsorships, book deals, and more. The visibility of my writing opened doors for global partnerships, conference talks, higher-profile projects, and connections with leaders in my field. On top of that, I found the entire process incredibly fulfilling and intellectually stimulating.
My hope is that by sharing my own story, I can encourage other tech professionals to begin reaping these same benefits for themselves by starting a technical writing practice of their own. The barriers to entry are low, but the rewards are exceedingly high.
This will be a long series of articles in which I will cover the following topics below after that, I will publish them in an ebook with the following title “Technical Writing As A Side Hustle” so stay tuned.
The ebook will cover the following topics:
1. Introduction
1.1. Why you should start Technical Writing? (You are here! )
1.2. Can you really make money from Technical Writing?
2. Getting Started with Medium
2.1. Why should you start with Medium?
2.2. Getting started with Medium.
2.3. How to make money from Medium?
2.4. How to get your articles boosted?
3. Improve your Writing Process for Better Output
3.1. How to never run out of good article ideas?
3.2. Different types of technical article
3.3. Crafting the Perfect Article
3.4. Structuring your article
3.5. Harness the power of feature image.
3.6. How to use AI to improve your articles?
4. The Power of Social Media
4.1. The Importance of social media as a tech writer
4.2. How to use social platforms to grow your blogs.
4.3. How to use your tech blogs to grow on different platforms
5. Starting Your Newsletter
5.1. Why to start your newsletter
5.2. Getting Started with Substack
5.3. How to grow your email list?
5.4. How to manage a blog and a newsletter?
Are you looking to start a career in data science and AI and need to learn how? I offer data science mentoring sessions and long-term career mentoring:
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