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If you are an Engineer or a Computer Science graduate and looking for a career other than software development or testing, then try considering technical writing as a potential career option. Little is known about technical writing as a career and people miss out on good job opportunities.

But, as companies are realizing the need of technical documentation the demand for technical writers has also gone up with salaries at par with that of software developers and testers.

As in any other profession, to become an effective technical writer one needs to acquire certain type of skills. When technical writing came into being, it required mostly the writing skills as huge manuals or guides were a standard. Ever since the fields of technology and communications have grown, so also the skills required for these professions. Below mentioned are some of the skills required by a technical writer:

Technical writing is a field of professional writing on technical subjects. It is quite different from fiction or journalism. Fiction includes poetry, short stories, plays and novels. The goal of expressive writing is to express one's feelings through description and narration. However, if we want to read about rocket science or brain surgery, we need a technical writer to tell us exactly what they mean.

Developers need to work with third party code to develop complete applications. In order to integrate the applications with third party code programmers need well written API documentation. API stands for Application Programming Interface. API Documents are also required to work on platforms (and develop applications) such as Intuit, Sun, Google and Salesforce.com.

For organizations having global presence, to be successful in the foreign market one has to often depend on the documentation which is localized and properly rendered or translated. But localization and translation process can be tedious, costly and time consuming. Unable to keep up with the localization expenses, organizations often limit them or forgo them altogether.

Introduction
The objective of technical writing is to clearly convey some information to a select group of audience in a way that topic can straight away be understood.
Technical writing is a way of analyzing, generating and managing information about various products and technical procedures to be used in the generation of technical documentation.
Technical writers write and sometimes edit manuals, newsletters, user guides, online help files, reports etc. and many different types of text.

Technical writing comprises of writing and designing of user manuals, training manuals and developer's guide etc. for plenty of applications and products.

As you draft and edit, it is helpful to keep in mind the effective ways to present sentences and paragraphs.

When you revise your drafts, check the language and remove any area of possible confusion. If you have repeated any word, see whether you can change the sentence. The following passages will help you to be aware of any difficult construction of sentences, so that you can modify the same and ensure reader's comfort.

API documents help us to customize an application. The volume of API documentation has increased in recent years due to rapid growth of companies engaged in software product development. Today companies know that they need the services of professional technical writers for API guides.

This is a guide to resume writing which will teach you to write a resume equal to one done by professional writers. Writing a great resume does not necessarily mean you should follow a specific resume format. Every resume is a unique marketing communication.

A resume should be appropriate to your situation and do exactly what you want it to do and this guide will tell you how to make your resume effective