[colvasaur]

I'm at a transition point in my career and have been really thinking about doing this. Salary and career trajectory are my primary concerns. Do you feel comfortable with your pay and future opportunities? The only portfolio I have is documentation for my GitHub projects. Any advice on building it up if necessary?

[goodroot]

Send me an email: [e-mail] with some details, and I will gladly answer any questions and help you however I am able. Goes to any other lurkers as well. :)

[hobls]

What I've seen is that the salary is dramatically lower, and as you noted, the opportunities to advance into management are more more difficult to obtain. (My wife spent time as a technical writer. I work in software engineering.)

[goodroot]

Not dramatically; both conditions are very dependent on organization.

[hobls]

Yeah? I'm seeing a lot of SDE roles in the $250k+/yr range, and I've never seen tech writing anywhere near there.