[justaguyhere]

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, I was having serious doubts if my question made any sense at all, as there were no replies.

Could you please talk about the kind of documentation you wrote? Was it always for the products that your company developed - was it end user manuals or docs for programmers? I am not sure exactly what I want to write, but at this point I am leaning towards writing for programmers (as it is more technically rewarding) than end users. I am also interested in articles like the priceonomics blog - data analysis and commentary.

It is disheartening to learn that after a decade your salary was capped at mid 70K. This is not the case with programming, I can assure you. Good luck with your transition - programming definitely can be (and it usually is) stressful, but it is more rewarding compared to a lot of other careers. I'm done with stress, that is why I am looking at other options.

[minnca]

I also probably don't fit your target audience, but I'm an entry level FAANG technical writer. I make ~105k (salary + bonus + stock). My more experienced coworkers make much more than that – in my experience, tech writers definitely don't cap out at 70k (far from it!).

[justaguyhere]

sorry, just saw this comment.

Could you please comment on the type of documentation that you write on a daily basis?

[minnca]

I write developer docs (internal).