: Re: Does a technical writer need a technical background? Does a technical writer need a technical background?
No, you only need to know as much as the end-user would.
In my case, I came from a marketing and translation background and went on to become the Lead Technical Writer for Samsung mobile user-interface text. I never had to write guidelines or text for high-level programmers. I only wrote for UX designers and for the end-user of the devices.
The skills that allowed me to succeed in this role were a drive to understand and simplify as much as possible and always finding logical reasons to back my decisions. On top of that, remember that normally you'll work alongside a team or subject matter experts who will fill in the details for you. Force these smart people to think with lots of dumb questions and you'll produce extremely useful content.
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