In this episode, we explore how AI is reshaping the technical writing profession and what skills will matter most in the coming years. While AI dominates the conversation about the future, we dig deeper into what this means for technical writers, documentation strategy, and career development. Summary: The role of technical communicator is evolving from… Read more »
Tag: trends
Cherryleaf UK Technical Writer/Author jobs indicator – October 2025
Cherryleaf has initiated a monthly survey that tracks hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. Here are the results for October 2025. Compared with figures collected for September, the October data reveal several notable trends: Major job boards show fewer technical writing vacancies compared to September. Adzuna divergence. Adzuna’s count for technical writer roles… Read more »
Podcast 159: Towards a Question and Answer world
The way users want to access information may be undergoing a seismic shift. Some have suggested technical communication is rapidly moving towards a question-and-answer (Q&A) paradigm. As user behaviour moves away from reading and towards asking, we discuss how chatbots, AI, and Q&A-driven interfaces are reshaping the expectations and responsibilities of technical communicators. Takeaway quote:… Read more »
Towards a Question and Answer world
Technical communication has traditionally been rooted in instructional guides: comprehensive resources users could turn to when they needed information. But that information was only useful if users could actually find it. The expectation was that users would search for what they needed and then read it. On the provider’s side, the goal was to make… Read more »
The rise of autonomous AI Agents: Will they redefine technical writing?
In our previous post “Meet your future co-worker: Understanding the rise of AI Agents“, we explored the world of autonomous AI agents. Now, let’s revisit a crucial question for our profession: how might these intelligent systems impact the field of technical writing? Understanding the Agents: From simple to autonomous To recap, think of typical… Read more »