Technical writing jobs haven't diminished, but the profession is evolving.
UX professionals have reduced the need for technical writers to provide documentation for mainstream end-users.
One reason developer products (APIs, SDKs, and other developer tools) can be so complex is because UX designers don't usually vet their developer products like they do with products for mainstream end-users.
Because topics in the developer domain are so complex and specialized, more developers are assisting and collaborating with documentation efforts.
Docs-as-code solutions involving lightweight formats such as Markdown and static site generators are becoming increasingly common and are replacing XML particularly with developer documentation.
The Write the Docs community is flourishing in part because of the trend toward developer documentation in tech comm overall.
Many technical writing jobs have shifted from the end-user domain to the developer domain.
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