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WRITING FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

In my first year of writing technical content, I reached hundreds of thousands
of readers around the world, met some of my role models, and made thousands of
dollars. Writing for Software Developers will help you on your way to doing the
same.


EARN MONEY, MAKE CONNECTIONS, AND GET NOTICED.

I earn $250 to $500 per article when writing tutorials — and with a few
projects, that money adds up. But money isn't the only reason to write. A
portfolio of published writing can give you a leg up toward earning a raise,
landing a new job, or reaching new clients or customers.


PRACTICE A PROVEN WRITING METHOD.

Writing for Software Developers outlines my own method for writing and
developing technical articles that will earn you money and look great in a
portfolio. By following the principles in this book, you will become a better
writer — and practicing quality techniques like these will speed up your rate of
improvement.


LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS, WHEREVER YOU USE THEM.

Writing for Software Developers focuses on teaching you how to envision, create,
and publish mid-length technical tutorials and articles, but the principles and
practices you’ll develop will help you write anything from a short README to an
entire technical book. And regardless of why you write, this guide aims to
provide you with the techniques you will need to reach your goals.



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Developers” and it's SO GOOD. I'm only 70 pages in and I've already learned a
ton."


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FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH...



COURTLAND ALLEN

INDIE HACKERS

Courtland Allen is the founder of Indie Hackers, an online community for people
working on independent bootstrapped businesses, of which I am proud to count
myself as a member. Indie Hackers, now owned by Stripe, has been a source of
knowledge and inspiration to me throughout the process of writing this book.
Allen has interviewed over five hundred founders for his site and podcast.



JEFF ATWOOD

DISCOURSE, STACK OVERFLOW, CODING HORROR

Jeff Atwood is the writer of Coding Horror (one of the internet's
longest-running and most popular technical blogs), co-founder of Stack Overflow
and the Stack Exchange network (one of the 100 highest-traffic sites in the
United States), and co-founder of Discourse (a provider of open-source forum
software aiming to improve the state of online communication).



CHRIS ON CODE

SCOTCH.IO

Chris on Code started scotch.io with his childhood friend Nick Cerminara to
publish articles and courses on front-end development. Under his care, the site
grew to four million monthly page views and published over five hundred guest
authors before he sold Scotch to Digital Ocean in late 2019. He joined the
company as a web community manager.



PETER COOPER

COOPER PRESS

Peter Cooper runs Cooper Press, a publisher of a dozen email newsletters with a
combined distribution of almost half a million developers at the time of
writing. He reads countless technical articles in search of the best content to
share with his subscribers.



ANGEL GUARISMA

FORMER DIRECTOR OF CONTENT AT LINODE

Angel Guarisma eats, sleeps, and breathes documentation. At the time of our
interview, he was the Director of Content at Linode, a cloud computing company
with a major presence in the open source community. He now works as the Director
of Product Education at Humio. At Linode, Guarisma led an in-house team of
technical writers and editors and works with numerous freelancers to publish
wide-ranging and comprehensive tutorials and documentation.



MATT LEVINE

MONEY STUFF AT BLOOMBERG

Matt Levine is a columnist at Bloomberg where he writes Money Stuff, an
incredibly popular weekday newsletter on finance that is widely read in the tech
sector. Previously, he wrote at Dealbreaker, and he has written for The Wall
Street Journal, CNN.com, and NPR. While his substantial experience is entirely
outside writing about software, his techniques and insights are applicable to
the work we do.



MARK MCGRANAGHAN

GO BY EXAMPLE

Mark McGranaghan created Go by Example, a website for teaching the programming
language Go. Go by Example drew attention for its two-column design and quality
example code. Today, he works at Ink & Switch, a research lab that produces
reports and spin-off companies in consumer software.



PATRICK MCKENZIE

@PATIO11, KALZUMEUS

Patrick McKenzie has been writing on his website, kalzumeus.com, since 2006. He
has written over five hundred articles about lessons learned working on Bingo
Card Creator, Appointment Reminder, and Starfighter, consulting for software
companies on engineering and marketing, and most recently working on Atlas for
Stripe. He is also the third highest-ranked user of all time by upvotes on
Hacker News.



TRACY OSBORN

HELLO WEB BOOKS

Tracy Osborn is a writer and conference speaker. She has published three books
under the "Hello Web" series: Hello Web App, Hello Web App Intermediate
Concepts, and Hello Web Design. She is a frequent speaker at numerous events,
writes extensively on her personal website, and currently works at TinySeed.



DANIEL VASSALLO

THE GOOD PARTS OF AWS

Daniel Vassallo worked at AWS for eight years. After quitting to work for
himself, one of the first things he created was the self-published ebook The
Good Parts of AWS, with Josh Pschorr. Thanks in large part to Vassallo's
audience on Twitter, which he earned by sharing detailed insights into his work,
the book sold thousands of copies in its first three months on the market,
generating over $50,000 in revenue.



CASSIDY WILLIAMS

FORMER SPEAKER WITH REACT TRAINING

Cassidy Williams has spent years working in developer evangelism, speaking at
dozens of conferences, and writing technical content, including the Stack
Overflow newsletter. At the time of the interview, she taught with React
Training. She now works at Netlify. She publishes a weekly newsletter,
rendezvous with cassidoo.



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READ CHAPTER 1, FINDING AND VALIDATING IDEAS, FOR FREE.


This chapter guides you through a process for generating article ideas and helps
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TABLE OF CONTENTS


 * Prologue: Why Write Technical Content
 * 0: You and Your Guide
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 * Act 1: The Craft
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 * 1: Finding and Validating Ideas
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 * 2: Publishers
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 * 3: Research
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 * 4: Preparing to Write
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 * 5: Writing for Software Developers
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 * 6: Editing
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 * 7: Publishing
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 * Act 2: The Process in Action
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 * 8: Example Tutorial: Scraping and Generating Shakespearean Sonnets
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 * 9: Example Tutorial: Practicing JavaScript with a Shakespearean Sonnet
   Generator
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 * 10: Example Tutorial: Computational Poetry
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 * Act 3: The Business of Writing
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 * 11: Pricing
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 * 12: Contracts and Invoicing
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 * 13: Intellectual Property and Publication Rights
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 * 14: Content Monetization
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 * 15: Promoting Your Work
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 * 16: Long-Term Engagements
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GET WRITING FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TODAY!


Single Copy: $36 | Team License: $136


Filippo Valsorda: "One thing doesn't seem right: I was prepared to spend
2–3x.... It just occurred to me that I could justifiably expense a team license,
which makes its price ~criminally low."


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR



HI, I'M PHILIP KIELY

In Spring 2019, I started writing technical tutorials. After noticing my success
publishing tens of thousands of words of technical content, friends and
co-workers started asking me how they could do the same. Their interest inspired
me to write this book.

I published Writing for Software Developers on May 12, 2020, six days before my
virtual college graduation ceremony, where I received a B.A. with honors in
computer science from Grinnell College. I now live in Clive, Iowa. When I am not
writing and programming, I practice martial arts, read widely, and further my
love of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

For more about me, check out the rest of my website.



CLIENTS I'VE WRITTEN FOR



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QUESTIONS?

IS THIS BOOK GOOD FOR BEGINNING WRITERS?

Yes. Writing for Software Developers takes you through my process, one step at a
time, and helps you create and publish your first article.


IS THIS BOOK GOOD FOR EXPERIENCED WRITERS?

Yes. If you have already written and published technical content, you will enjoy
the nuances of the eleven expert interviews and extract key insights from the
main text.


HOW MUCH PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE DO YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK?

Not as much as you might think. I started writing technical content as a junior
in college, less than two years after I started programming. Many of the code
examples I used in articles were based on projects that I had worked on much
earlier in my journey toward becoming a software engineer.


IS THERE A PAPER COPY FOR SALE ANYWHERE?

If enough people express interest, I will figure out how to make one.


IS THERE AN AUDIOBOOK VERSION?

Yes! Your purchase of Writing for Software Developers includes an audiobook
version narrated by Griffin Mareske. The audiobook is 6 hours and 35 minutes
long and does not include the appendices, images, or code snippets.


CAN I SHARE THIS BOOK WITH MY TEAM?

If you purchase an individual license, please respect the license terms and do
not distribute any copies. If you want to share the book with your team,
company, or class, please purchase a team license. Academic and nonprofit
organizations can contact me for fifty percent off a team license.


IS THERE A RETURN POLICY?

I have a 30-day no-questions-asked refund policy. If you don't like it, let me
know and I will refund your money.


WHAT IF I CAN'T AFFORD THIS BOOK?

I priced this book as I did because it teaches valuable skills in a
well-compensated industry. If you are unable to afford a copy of the book, send
me an email and I can give you a free copy. I only ask that once you make money
using the book, you use a portion of the proceeds to purchase a copy of this
book.


WHAT ARE SOME KEYWORDS YOU WISH YOU COULD FIT ON THIS WEBPAGE FOR SEO PURPOSES?

Wow, thanks for asking! Writing for software engineers. Writing for programmers.
Writing for coders. Technical writing. How to write documentation.


WHAT IF I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?

Send me an email at philip@kiely.xyz.



GET WRITING FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TODAY!


Single Copy: $36 | Team License: $136


Keller Scholl: "$36 is, in this case, absurdly cost-competitive, and I am buying
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WANT TO LEARN MORE FIRST?

Listen to "Episode 426: Philip Kiely on Writing for Software Developers" on
Software Engineering Radio, hosted by Jeff Doolittle and produced by IEEE. We
talk about "why software engineers should care about writing things other than
code.... the elements of effective technical writing and technical writers....
[and] the reason for the book and the approach for writing it."




LISTEN TO EPISODE 426



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