Are you at the point in your tech journey where you want to share your experiences? It doesn’t matter if you’re a tech baby with a passion for writing or a tech bro/sis who wants to share their experiences. This article shows you how and where to start. Bonus, you’re going to be paid.
contentlab.io
They write for developers and technical audiences. If you’re a subject-matter expert. For instance, if you’re a developer and you love to write, content lab is the place for you to soar. You can help other developers understand a product in toto.
The perks
- Get paid well to write about your passions while educating other developers.
- Discover new technologies, and have the opportunity to work firsthand with large companies such as Microsoft, Arm, HubSpot, Adobe, etc.
- Get a full editorial team.
- A fully remote and flexible freelance schedule means you choose where and when you work
Requirements
- You are a fluent or native English speaker and have an excellent command of the language with top-notch spelling and grammar skills
- You have the ability to grasp complex technical concepts quickly and can explain them to audiences in a useful and easy-to-understand way
- You have strong research skills and the ability to adhere closely to a given brief while having meticulous attention to detail
- You have an intermediate-advanced understanding of code (Having 3+ years of software development experience is a plus)
Downside
The only downside is that they get a lot of applications. High-caliber ones too so they only hire 1–3 authors per month.
ContentTurbine
Content Turbine wants to help you focus on writing. No more hours spent on generating leads that lead nowhere. This is their value proposition:
Help tech companies showcase their products by providing informative and engaging technical articles that appeal to developers. Write on a range of different technical topics and create the best possible written or visual content.
Perks
- Unlimited learning opportunities for you.
- You can ghostwrite or stand out.
- You will never get work that wastes your time. High-quality offers can be expected.
- Base pay for articles is $150
Requirements
- You must be at least 18 years old to use content turbine.
- Live in a country to which payments can easily be made.
Downside
- You might not be able to enjoy this opportunity if you're in a country that is blacklisted by many financial institutions.
draft.dev
Their message to you:
If you’re a software developer and you want to build your personal brand while getting paid to write about interesting technical topics, you’ve come to the right place.
We create content that will be read by a wide range of readers around the world. As such, we’re committed to supporting diversity in our writers and encourage everyone at all experience levels to apply.
Perks
- Writers are paid $315 to $578 per post.
- Pieces are typically credited to you.
- The commitment is very flexible.
Requirements
- You must be able to show technical capacity.
- You must be able to prove writing experience.
Downside
They might be a bit US-centric.
digitalocean.com
Their message to you:
Our tutorials help developers at all levels solve problems, answer questions, and do things they couldn’t do before with open-source software.
For Write for DOnations, we’re looking for practical guides covering open-source software and Linux/Unix-like systems, including production installations, deployments, containers, and automation. We’re especially interested in:
Basic Linux system administration
Linux tools
Docker tutorials
Security topics
Perks
- You can choose a charity to receive money from DigitalOcean.
- Receive up to $400 on your publications.
- Free promotion of your articles on their social profiles.
Requirements
- Be open to work with an editorial team.
- Demonstrated experience in DigitalOcean’s topics
- Previous writing experience.
Downside
- They do not accept articles about closed-source software, paid software, translations, or promotional content.
- For copyright reasons, they can’t reprint content that has already been published elsewhere.
- You have to be a member of digitalocean to publish on their website.
RealPython.com
The realpython.com tutorial team is known for making the highest-quality Python tutorials available online. Our mission is to “help Python developers around the world become more awesome.”
For the applicants that look most promising, we will give you a paid writing assignment as a trial. If you pass the tryout, you’re in!
Perks
- This is a paid job. No specifics.
- Part-time position.
- Exposure.
- Sharing external writing gigs with you.
Requirements
- You must be an advanced-level developer.
- You should be a great writer with fluent English writing skills.
- You should be comfortable learning brand new topics that you have never done before, which are either not documented or poorly documented.
- You should have a strong work ethic — this will be a significant time commitment and is not easy.
Downside
- You must have some real (advanced) python experience.
- There is no direct application. You have to sign up for their newsletter and keep your eyes open.
airbyte.com
Their message to you:
Airbyte is looking for data engineers to share their knowledge through blog articles. We think it is important that our writers are the same audience as Airbyte users, notably: data engineers, analysts, and backend developers.
Perks
- Earn up to $900.
- Join a team that caters to your growth as a writer.
- Free promotion of your work.
Requirements
- Be a data-related professional.
- Be open to your work being edited for maximum impact.
Downside
If you want to write Airbyte-specific tutorials, you might have to be an Airbyte OSS user or Airbyte Cloud client.
circleci.com
Their message to you:
Write about only the topics you care about, by choosing from our ideas board, or suggesting your own topic. We will get you set up for success with careful editing and feedback from our team about what does well with our audience. Finally, we’ll work hard to promote you to our audience of developers.
You can send in already published work or posts that feature another product/company by reaching out to them. Reach them here guestwriters@circleci.com
Perks
- Earn up to $600.
- Free promotion of your work.
- You will join a community of writers.
Requirements
Just pick a topic, write and reach out to them.
signoz.io
Their message to you:
Are you a developer who loves creating content and getting it across to a global audience? We’d love to have you contribute to our community writer program.
Topics we love
Using SigNoz to monitor applications written in different languages and frameworks.
Distributed tracing
Application performance monitoring
Observability
DevOps
Perks
- Earn up to $150.
- Write in a simple notion page provided by Signoz.
Requirements
- Everyone can apply.
- Write with the topics listed above in mind.
civo.com
Their message to you:
The content and documentation you can write for Civo comes in a few different forms.
Tutorials
Walk-throughs and guides that demonstrate how to use a particular app or tool, or how to solve a certain problem.How-to’s
Step-by-step instructions on how to perform a certain task or deploy. Such as how to install a particular application or set up a load balancer.Top-down guides
Overviews and high-level guides on broad topics or disciplines, such as a beginner’s guide to machine learning or an analysis of the concept of chaos engineering.
Perks
- Earn up to $500.
- Have a professional content team behind you.
Requirements
- You will mainly write about Kubernetes.
- Be open to your work being edited by the civo team.
- Follow their writing guide.
Downside
- Your writing is limited to or mainly about Kubernetes which might be an unfamiliar technology.
hasura.io technical writer program
Their message to you:
The Hasura Technical Writer program is a way for you to support the Hasura GraphQL Engine or GraphQL in general by writing technical content, and getting paid for doing so!
Some of the topics we are interested in are:
Walkthroughs of how to build full-stack applications using Hasura and GraphQL along with frontend languages like Javascript frameworks and their respective ecosystems (Angular, Vue, React, React Native, etc), mobile (Android, iOS, Swift and Flutter) or Elm and ReasonML
Using Hasura and GraphQL along with 3rd party platforms such as Gatsby, Netlify, Auth0, OneGraph, etc
Tutorials on how to use Hasura features such as Remote Joins, etc
In-depth technical articles about working with GraphQL on topics such as caching, monitoring, schema masking, thoughts on GraphQL mutation design, interfaces, performance optimization, and other interesting insights about working with GraphQL.
Perks
- You will be paid 300$ for each post published.
- You retain the credit for your work.
- Free Publicity: They will publicize your work on their social profiles.
Requirements
- Anyone can apply.
- You must follow their writing guide.
- You must write strictly on Hasura or GraphQL software.
Downside
- Your writing might be a bit limited to Hasura and GraphQL software which you might not know.
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