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Skill #12: Teaching Technical Writing

The technical writer has a variety of valuable skills – such as making documents enjoyable to read and complex topics easy to understand – however, the skill that I think is most valuable for the technical writer is the desire to stay relevant and advance their career. So we pick up a programming language; we get continued education; we dig into API documentation, hopefully through Tom Johnson’s course ( https://idratherbewriting.com/learnap... ) on his site, I’d rather be writing. But there’s another way to advance our career in technical writing – one that many of you in industry have perhaps never considered: teaching technical writing. Jobs in teaching technical writing are rising – a great opportunity for the new and seasoned technical writer alike to make a career shift – and in this episode, our guest, Kim Campbell, professor and chair of Technical Communication at the University of North Texas, will tell you how to make it happen, including: how to gain the right skills how to adopt the right mindset for teaching how to enjoy a fulfilling career in academia Show Notes: Write the Docs ( http://www.writethedocs.org/ ) Technical Communication at the University of North Texas ( https://techcomm.unt.edu/ ) Graduate Certificate in Teaching Technical Writing ( https://techcomm.unt.edu/graduate/gra... ) Kim Campbell on LinkedIn (   / kimsydowcampbell   ) The Not-Boring Tech Writer Episode 12, Season 1 October 30, 2018 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fa4dc884 ★ Additional episodes: https://thenotboringtechwriter.com/