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Re:Writerside – a new technical writing environment from Jet... by Titiriti59nj on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @08:48AM (#37998430)
> wonder if JetBrains is going for the professional technical writer (TW) market outside of software development. Think aviation, military, manufacturing, etc

Is there a market?

From my experience, professional writers are just low paid freelancers.

Using an free editor, to collect data into AI, to replace them, seems like best business plan!

Re:Writerside – a new technical writing environment from Jet... by mjoneill on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @10:27AM (#37999625)
> from my experience, professional writers are just low paid freelancers

It tends to depend on the company...and what the writers are building, and of course, what the product is. Some products do not lend themselves well to a freelance approach, as the domain and product specific knowledge is quite high. Other products have very specific regulatory compliance obligations that also do not lend themselves readily to freelancing (unless you are talking about long term contractors with 2+ year commitments, etc....

Re:Writerside – a new technical writing environment from Jet... by applied_heat on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @11:22AM (#38000429)
Enjoy your airplane flights where all the pilot manuals and checklists are written by AI