If you ask someone outside the tech industry what a technical writer does, they'll usually say something like: "Oh, you edit other people's writing?" It's an understandable assumption. The title sounds like it belongs next to "copy editor" or "
Have you ever followed a tutorial, got everything working, and immediately felt lost when you tried to do anything beyond the exact steps you'd followed? Or searched for how to get started with something and landed in a "beginner's guide" that explained every concept
Documenting an API is complex and it's easy to get distracted by small details. Let's think about a smaller example first. Imagine you work at a veterinary office and your boss asks you to write a comprehensive owner's manual for cat ownership. You'