Becoming a Technical Writer in India - Part 1
Becoming a Technical Writer In India I became a Technical Writer by some lucky turn of events. After completing Engineering , I was looking for jobs in the software industry , and then I got to know that I can use my existing English / Grammar skills and become a technical writer in the Information Technology (IT) industry . My parents begged me to read The Hindu newspaper daily and at the least read the headings on every page from childhood. Seeing my dad go at it with such enthusiasm daily, I started reading the newspaper to become a good English-speaking person or gain knowledge like him. My dad was known as “the guy” if someone wanted to inquire which course would be good for their son/daughter. So it was “becoming” like him that I started reading the newspaper headings and also to get good at vocabulary. For me, it seemed like Dad could tell the meaning of any word in the newspaper without seeing a dictionary. It surprised me a lot; I used to use the dictionary for every wo...