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		umanwizard on March 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is it possible to live off technical writi... My uncle is a technical writer (full-time job) and it certainly pays his mortgage.

selmat on March 1, 2016 [–]

From my experience writing articles for magazines, documentation, technical analysis on daily basis might be enough for your bills.

But writing books (if it's not bestseller) isn't so highly evaluated. You receive only 8-15 % (depends on contract) from final book price.

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