writers and editors - what do you do for work?

[Anonymous]

What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Reminds me that Edward P. Jones edited a tax journal (I think) for years while he wrote fiction on the side, and didn't quit until he won the Pulitzer for The Known World.

I later held the same job he had. He was at Tax Analysts for a long time, a lot longer than I was.

I now freelance, and I also work as an editor at a company that assists international med grads seeking residency in the US (I help them with their personal statements). I'm trying to write a book. But have been trying to do that for a long time.

We probably know each other. I was there for 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Editor-in-Chief at a nonprofit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

$115K, work from home, very flexible work schedule, great work life balance.

[Anonymous]

^ IT, software development, developing, updating, maintaining system and user documentation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

$115K, work from home, very flexible work schedule, great work life balance.

I’m similar, but $105,000. Government contractor tech writer/editor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

$115K, work from home, very flexible work schedule, great work life balance.

I’m similar, but $105,000. Government contractor tech writer/editor.

This is OP - I'd love to hear more about both your jobs! What's the path to doing this? Is it a stable-feeling situation?

I'm a director at a nonprofit - make $90k/year. Pretty good work life balance - but the org is feeling very unstable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

$115K, work from home, very flexible work schedule, great work life balance.

I’m similar, but $105,000. Government contractor tech writer/editor.

This is OP - I'd love to hear more about both your jobs! What's the path to doing this? Is it a stable-feeling situation?

I'm a director at a nonprofit - make $90k/year. Pretty good work life balance - but the org is feeling very unstable.

I had been doing writing and comms in nonprofit associations and small businesses for a long time. I moved to government contracting after a layoff. I began by writing for an agency website and doing digital communications. The issue with contracting is that it can be unstable if contracts lose funding or aren’t renewed. Sometimes a contracting company can find you another contract to move to. That’s how I landed in tech writing. It’s not as interesting to me as more public-facing work, but that’s where the opening was and it pays the bills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are you all making in your tech writing (etc.) roles? Especially those in govt contracting--would be curious to know the general pay range. It seems writing/editing is often undervalued.

$115K, work from home, very flexible work schedule, great work life balance.

I’m similar, but $105,000. Government contractor tech writer/editor.

This is OP - I'd love to hear more about both your jobs! What's the path to doing this? Is it a stable-feeling situation?

I'm a director at a nonprofit - make $90k/year. Pretty good work life balance - but the org is feeling very unstable.

I had been doing writing and comms in nonprofit associations and small businesses for a long time. I moved to government contracting after a layoff. I began by writing for an agency website and doing digital communications. The issue with contracting is that it can be unstable if contracts lose funding or aren’t renewed. Sometimes a contracting company can find you another contract to move to. That’s how I landed in tech writing. It’s not as interesting to me as more public-facing work, but that’s where the opening was and it pays the bills.

Thanks and that totally makes sense. Is this the kind of job you apply for - or do you get recruited into it usually? Thanks for indulging my nosy questions.