New Year, Same Newsletter. Maybe Better?

200 euros weekend technical writing gig inside :)

Hi Writer,

How's the new year resolutions going?

I wanted to take a moment to re-introduce myself, especially for the new subscribers. My name is Linda Ikechukwu (a technical writer and developer advocate), the person you’ve been receiving this newsletter that you’ve grown to love (I hope) from.

However before I resume the regular cadence of the newsletter for the year, I wanted to ask:

1. How useful is the content you receive from me, and what can I do to make it better. You see I do not get paid to run this newsletter. And I run a very busy schedule so the only reward for writing this email is that it’s actually useful to you.

2. What is your job role, and at the career phase that you’re currently in as technical writer, technical content writer, developer advocate or whatnot, what type of content or topics would be most helpful to you and have a tangible in the trajectory of your career.

3. Can you remember why you signed up to receive this newsletter, all 1,800 of you? I’d like to know so I can do more of that.

4. What technical communication sites do you visit or technical communication communities that you’re part of that you find valuable?

Please if you open this newsletter, take some time to reply to the questions above. I would really like to know so I can make this newsletter valuable for you. No point consistently sending stuff to your email if you’re not getting value from it. Thanks.

Goodies for you

Although the purpose of this issue is just to garner feedback, I’m still not going to leave you high and dry.

• Technical Writer Roadmap: Finally, a roadmap for anyone looking for a career in technical writing.

• Technical Writing Gigs on Superteam: Superteam is a community of crypto enthusiasts, contributors, builders, e.t.c. I recently discovered the site and they list some really cool developer crypto writing gigs like this one about writing an article about the Monaco Protocol. Go check them out.

• Enclave.io is looking for guest technical writers: Enclave is looking for guest contributors to help them grow their collection of collection of DevOps, software development, and implementation tutorials and get paid 200 euros. So if you get started now, you can get paid by weekend :)

• Mentorship session with Corry Root, Senior Technical Writer at Mongo DB, right in your inbox: Tech Content Creator Interview Series (TCCS) are back. From Intern to Associate, Principal, Manager, and now Senior Technical Writer at MongoDB, Corry Root has climbed through all possible career levels and emerged victorious. Go catch up on our chat for some juicy advice that will catapult your career.

And that’s all I have for you for now.

Till I write you next time, stay easy.

Also, be your brothers keeper, and share this newsletter with a technical writer you know. If they ask you why they should subscribe, show them this.