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A comment on Ask HN: What are some non-coding roles that a developer can easily switch to?.

Re:Ask HN: What are some non-coding roles that a developer c... by arduinomancer on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @06:37PM (#27297004)
I rarely see people mention it but documentation writer/tech writer is a full time role at bigger companies, especially SaaS companies with large/complex APIs.

Writing API docs, user guides, blog posts, how-to guides, etc...

Pay is usually less than dev but still high.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some non-coding roles that a developer c... by 4f77616973 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:50AM (#27300436)
I don’t get why people don’t bring up documentation more often either. Having good documentation is a telltale sign that the software you write is high quality. Sometimes you even learn if a feature is stupid based on how you can describe it.

It’s sad to see how many great open-source projects get overlooked on GitHub because they’re poorly documented.

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