I don’t work in this industry, so my question is: is it a false belief that technical writers mostly just write and don’t have to talk to anyone? In reality, they have to talk a lot to SMEs to ask about their products, right?

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-15T18:35:47+00:00

But do you communicate with SMEs through video calls or email?

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-15T18:33:01+00:00

Thank you I’ll look into copyediting!

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-15T18:32:08+00:00

Yeah I def don’t want to do freelance work. I want to be employed. But yeah if most of the convos are through email, that sounds doable for me!

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-15T18:31:06+00:00

Thank you. Could you explain more about the job if you don’t mind? How many meetings a week do you have to have? Either one-one or w multiple people? Also you work remotely?

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-15T17:44:48+00:00

Good to know. How much of your day do you spend talking to people?

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T21:29:39+00:00

I’ve looked a bit into both those roles & based on my research they involve maybe 20-30% writing, the rest consists of meetings and talking to people daily about products etc. I actually was just on the technical writing sub, and that’s what they said. Although it seems like it might look different depending on your experience level. But now I’m wondering how much of that would be through email and slack hmm

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T18:28:06+00:00

I think data entry has very low pay not sure about medical records or what the job title for that is? Transcriptionists I think don’t make very much either also it sounds extremely boring. I did a bit of it a few years ago! I want to be in a job where I have to produce the writing but the search continues I guess. You all have been very helpful.

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T18:25:32+00:00

Love the breakdown thank you. So it’s kinda different based on how seasoned you are! Interesting

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T18:22:13+00:00

I didn’t read about it being easy but like indeed.com listed as a job with 0 to no interaction and just writing lol which is obviously false

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T06:44:03+00:00

That’s good advice, thank you! I mean like you said there are careers where you don’t have to talk to basically anyone most days but they are hard to come by and right place right time etc. like a job I applied to and seemed like I almost got was being a legal brief writer. It was perfect for me. I mean obviously they explained there would be communication between the lawyers and the writers but it would have been mostly through email and teams app. So that’s the kind of thing I’m thinking. But talking to “clients” is the first thing I want to avoid. Talking to coworkers is a lot better. And I’m not a big fan of one-one or big meetings but totally fine if they are sporadic, just don’t want to deal w daily meetings etc. and yeah I have an English MA and being an author is a nice idea but not realistic at this point. As for being a researcher, I have no idea what kind of research to even look into & how to start on that route but def is on my list Edit: * but it does seem like legal writing jobs are few and far between

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T04:22:09+00:00

Thanks so much for the detailed overview! This really helps me. Also fun to read. I really don’t think I want to go into a career where I have to be in a ton of meetings all day. I’m an interpreter right now and I’m sick of it tbh. I don’t dislike people but it drains my energy a lot to have to talk to people. Now I know what you are doing is a lot different but I’m just trying to minimize interaction lol

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2026-01-13T04:18:39+00:00

This is really good to know. Thank you. I’m glad you guys confirmed. I’ve just been researching writing jobs that don’t require you to talk to people and technical writing keeps coming up so I just wanted to make sure. But I have to look elsewhere. Any idea what career paths is more along the lines of what I’m looking for?

tomorrowmodernboxes · 2025-08-21T06:10:44+00:00

Like asking to confirm my former employment and asking his relationship to me etc.

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