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What is a more techy Technical Writer job title that isn't cutesy or confusing?

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What is a more techy Technical Writer job title that isn't cutesy or confusing?

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I have been hired as a Technical Writer at a firm who needed multiple types of writers: A few people were hired to write content for the average website reader interested in our product, such as a Product Manager, and user documentation, such as user guides. However, I was hired to dig down into the code and actually write sample code to explain how to use the company's SDK (software development kit). I interface with the development team on a daily basis and actually test their code, analyze it, and give them suggestions for improvement.

I would like to add another descriptive term in my job title on my email signature and resume to show that I have in-depth software engineering knowledge. For anyone who thinks this is to puff myself up or to downplay normal Technical Writers, you are wrong. The primary reason I want to do this is so my resume doesn't look like I switched careers. The secondary reason is so that people who receive my emails and read my resume can tell by my title that I have extensive software engineering experience inside software development.

I read this, but it didn't help. Of course, I searched the internet, too. I found articles about my current role, but nothing about job titles.

I thought perhaps:

• Technical Writer (Sr. Software Engineer)


• Technical Writer as Sr. Software Engineer


• Technical Writer specializing in the full SDLC

technical-writing career

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  Welcome to Writing.SE. We love questions about technical writing here and we hope you'll stick around (and pick a name of your choice so we can remember who you are). I'm not sure this question is on topic though. The one you link to is 7 years old and a lot of old posts here would be off topic now, as I think that one would be without question. I'm not voting to close because I'd like to hear from others here about whether or not your question is on topic. Either way, please do post other questions as desired and answer what you like.
  
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I have been hired as a Technical Writer at a firm who needed multiple types of writers: A few people were hired to write content for the average website reader interested in our product, such as a Product Manager, and user documentation, such as user guides. However, I was hired to dig down into the code and actually write sample code to explain how to use the company's SDK (software development kit). I interface with the development team on a daily basis and actually test their code, analyze it, and give them suggestions for improvement.

I would like to add another descriptive term in my job title on my email signature and resume to show that I have in-depth software engineering knowledge. For anyone who thinks this is to puff myself up or to downplay normal Technical Writers, you are wrong. The primary reason I want to do this is so my resume doesn't look like I switched careers. The secondary reason is so that people who receive my emails and read my resume can tell by my title that I have extensive software engineering experience inside software development.

I read this, but it didn't help. Of course, I searched the internet, too. I found articles about my current role, but nothing about job titles.

I thought perhaps:

• Technical Writer (Sr. Software Engineer)


• Technical Writer as Sr. Software Engineer


• Technical Writer specializing in the full SDLC

technical-writing career

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  Welcome to Writing.SE. We love questions about technical writing here and we hope you'll stick around (and pick a name of your choice so we can remember who you are). I'm not sure this question is on topic though. The one you link to is 7 years old and a lot of old posts here would be off topic now, as I think that one would be without question. I'm not voting to close because I'd like to hear from others here about whether or not your question is on topic. Either way, please do post other questions as desired and answer what you like.
  
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I have been hired as a Technical Writer at a firm who needed multiple types of writers: A few people were hired to write content for the average website reader interested in our product, such as a Product Manager, and user documentation, such as user guides. However, I was hired to dig down into the code and actually write sample code to explain how to use the company's SDK (software development kit). I interface with the development team on a daily basis and actually test their code, analyze it, and give them suggestions for improvement.

I would like to add another descriptive term in my job title on my email signature and resume to show that I have in-depth software engineering knowledge. For anyone who thinks this is to puff myself up or to downplay normal Technical Writers, you are wrong. The primary reason I want to do this is so my resume doesn't look like I switched careers. The secondary reason is so that people who receive my emails and read my resume can tell by my title that I have extensive software engineering experience inside software development.

I read this, but it didn't help. Of course, I searched the internet, too. I found articles about my current role, but nothing about job titles.

I thought perhaps:

• Technical Writer (Sr. Software Engineer)


• Technical Writer as Sr. Software Engineer


• Technical Writer specializing in the full SDLC

technical-writing career

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The conventional term is "programmer writer" or, sometimes, "programming writer". It is generally used to describe someone whose training and focus is programming rather than technical writing, but who is currently performing a technical communication function specifically aimed at documenting things for programmers. I did most of my tech writing for developers as well, but because my career focus was technical writing, I stuck to the term "technical writer". Same job, more or less. The difference in titles is more to cover differences in career track, which seems to be what you are concerned about.

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The conventional term is "programmer writer" or, sometimes, "programming writer". It is generally used to describe someone whose training and focus is programming rather than technical writing, but who is currently performing a technical communication function specifically aimed at documenting things for programmers. I did most of my tech writing for developers as well, but because my career focus was technical writing, I stuck to the term "technical writer". Same job, more or less. The difference in titles is more to cover differences in career track, which seems to be what you are concerned about.

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The conventional term is "programmer writer" or, sometimes, "programming writer". It is generally used to describe someone whose training and focus is programming rather than technical writing, but who is currently performing a technical communication function specifically aimed at documenting things for programmers. I did most of my tech writing for developers as well, but because my career focus was technical writing, I stuck to the term "technical writer". Same job, more or less. The difference in titles is more to cover differences in career track, which seems to be what you are concerned about.

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The conventional term is "programmer writer" or, sometimes, "programming writer". It is generally used to describe someone whose training and focus is programming rather than technical writing, but who is currently performing a technical communication function specifically aimed at documenting things for programmers. I did most of my tech writing for developers as well, but because my career focus was technical writing, I stuck to the term "technical writer". Same job, more or less. The difference in titles is more to cover differences in career track, which seems to be what you are concerned about.

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answered 2 hours ago

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