Update: It’s been a couple of months since my last post, and there is now solid evidence that we are in a downturn for technical writer job postings. This is not a huge surprise, given all of the recent economic woes making the news. It also matches what I am hearing from others about variousRead More
Update: Both presentations are now available on SlideShare: DITA and Information Architecture for Responsive Design The State of DITA 2014 (or the original Prezi-based version As of yesterday I now have a couple of talks lined up for the upcoming DITA North America/Content Management Strategies Conference happening next week in Seattle. I hope to seeRead More
As mentioned in the previous article there is steady growth in the job market for technical writers with DITA experience. What’s interesting is that there are further signs that DITA usage within firms is maturing, indicating that DITA is now out of the “early adoption” phase. The last time I did a DITA jobs surveyRead More
Job postings seeking DITA experience continue to grow while FrameMaker usage continues to decline. DocBook as a viable technical writing standard in the job market is dead. While it is clear that the majority of firms out there are still asking their writers to create their content in an unstructured manner, there is a clearRead More
In a previous article I looked at job descriptions for Technical Writers where “DITA” was mentioned and found that they comprised about 4% of all such jobs in the United States. That number is significant given that FrameMaker is mentioned in 10% of all such Technical Writer jobs listed on the Indeed.com site, given thatRead More
4% …and growing. About half-a-year ago Mekon colleague Rachel Johnson asked me whether I knew what percentage of technical writing jobs out there are DITA-related. I said I didn’t know, and became intrigued with finding the answer to that question. While I have a lengthy list of companies using DITA, I wondered what percentage thatRead More
