A technical writer creates product documentation: hardcopy manuals, online help, tutorials, web pages - anything a customer reads to help understand how to use the product.
responsible for authoring hardware and software documentation either for an organization's internal computer systems or for third-party vendors. Chief among a technical writer's responsibilities is producing user documentation files, sometimes called "Help" files, which ship with many popular end-user applications. Technical writers must demonstrate solid understanding of technology, good writing and thinking skills, and proficiency with authoring tools like FrameMaker and RoboHelp. To the top
the role that is played when a person produces technical documentation by incorporating content and corrections from other roles.
The role that helps the technical and managerial roles document the processes and deliverables of the project, including centralization and distribution of these documents, organization of the project library, and their updates. The Technical Writer composes the Customers' User Manual and sits in on any review where a Customer advocate is needed.
a person who creates documentation for a technology
a writer who writes about any kind of technology
A technical writer analyzes and writes about specialized subjects such as computers, engineering, science, medicine and law.
Technical writers are professional writers who design, create and maintain/update many types of technical documentation, online help, user guides, design specifications, and other documents for their given field, which can be most anything that requires specialized knowledge and information. Examples include the mechanical, electrical, or even medical fields, but the most common type are those working in the computer/information technology area. Their primary responsibility is to communicate a message of a technical nature effectively.