technical-writing

This looks amazing - added it to my collection of technical writing resources [0]. I'd also specifically recommend this talk by Larry McEnerney [1] which I discovered only recently in spite of actively looking for similar content - I guess I have a bias for written stuff. [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM

I maintain a collection[0] of places with programs like this (I'll add lwn later today). As others have said, producing a good blog post takes time, so the money isn't as good as it initially seems if you aren't doing it for reputation or fun too. I also recently launched ritza[1] to scale production of this kind of content as it's definitely a growing demand trend. Happy to chat about technical writing with anyone - details in profile. [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/... [1] https://ritza.co

Try technical writing maybe? You get to code smaller proof-of-concept apps and teach others how to use specific pieces of technology to solve problems. I have a GitHub repository[0] with some resources to get started. It can be pretty lucrative too after building some reputation. [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing

$1000 is definitely higher than many, but there are a lot of people who publicly offer to pay $500. I maintain a list of places that do on github [0] [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/...

I started by reading blogs. I wanted to contribute back to the same ecosystem that taught me so much (and I liked writing), so I started blogging about side projects on Blogger. I soon found Digital Ocean's writing program. They were paying $200 for blog posts, which was a lot as a student in South Africa. Money was fairly motivating, but soon the long and slow editing process got tiring, so I started freelance blogging for a few other sites instead. Then I created GitHub page[0] with links to places that pay for writing and links to some resources I enjoyed for learning how to write better. Now I'm convinced that the fact that more and more companies are paying amateur bloggers for content means that there's a nieche for more professionally written content, so (shameless plug) I launched Ritza[1] (I'm focussing on it full time from today

Hey Philip, really great to see you run with this! I know you mentioned to me that this repository[0] where I try to keep a short list of publishers that pay for this kind of writing was an early inspiration and I'm still hoping to grow that list a lot after June when I spend more time focusing on technical writing too. As others have said, that's a really great looking list of interviewees. My only question is where this actually fits in to the rest of the book? It's not that clear from the Table of Contents. Could you comment on what percentage of the book is interviews, compared to writing advice? [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/...

I had a similar question the other day. I asked a few people and no one seemed to have a good collection to point to. I specifically like reading posts by people who post regular retrospectives (weekly, monthly, or yearly). So I started [0]. It only has three entries right now (including the one you mention above), but I would love to see contributions via pull requests. [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/...