This Wednesday, Jan 20, there’s an Intermountain STC Chapter meeting at 7 pm. in the Sandy library. Lyn Worthen will be speaking on running your own technical communications consulting business. Here’s an excerpt from her description: Unlike the consistent schedule, workload, and wages of a 9-5 technical writing job, going it on your own as a consultant or contractor is a lot like riding the … more »

I enjoyed David Farbey’s post on the name we should call our profession. Aligning our name with the most profitable business model makes sense. If you look at indeed.com for jobs as a “technical communicator,” you won’t find hardly any. Look for “technical writer” and you find a ton. So what is the benefit of calling ourselves technical communicators, when no one is hiring technical … more »