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# Personal Essays on a Technical Writing Career – by John Hewitt

John Hewitt over at [Poewar.com](http://poewar.com/) has an intriguing [series of personal essays](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-end-of-part-one/) on life as a technical writer.

- [A Career in Technical Writing: The beginning of a new series](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-the-beginning-of-a-new-series/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Life as a wannabee](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-life-as-a-wannabee/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Two dates to the prom](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-two-dates-to-the-prom/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: The fax about outsourcing](http://www.poewar.com/technical-writing-fax-outsourcing/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: A strange new world](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-a-strange-new-world/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Life as a newbie](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-life-as-a-newbie/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Workaround](http://www.poewar.com/workaround/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Last Contractor Standing](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-last-contractor-standing/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: Reversals](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-reversals/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: End games](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-end-games/)
- [A Career in Technical Writing: End of Part One](http://www.poewar.com/a-career-in-technical-writing-end-of-part-one/)

I've really enjoyed these short essays. He's an engaging storyteller, and it's interesting to read life/work stories about the technical writing profession.