For years, I was asked by dozens of people ‘how can I become a technical writer?’ and I’d try and answer, until I gave up and wrote this book. This has become quite a popular book, and nobody was as surprised as me. It’s not fancy, it goes against a lot of conventional wisdom, and it doesn’t explain how to do technical writing–it explains how to start from zero and get a first technical writing job.

Update: I’m working on an updated and much-expanded second edition. Stay tuned for details.

Not just for technical writers! Within about 30 minutes, you’ll learn the basics of Git, the distributed version control system that has become an indispensable tool for countless developers, writers, and others.