I promise you that technical writers are still needed
I recently started at a well known company, and let me tell ya what, the amount of documentation they have vs the amount of usable and relevant documentation is shocking.
They have AI now, and you might be thinking: well there it is. No need for me.
One part of the conversation surrounding AI that seems overlooked and something I’ve clocked immediately is that the AI is only as good as its training material, and lemme tell ya what! 99% of the documentation that they’re training these things on are pretty fucking bad, and it leads to a lot of errors!
This has resulted in me convincing my management that we need a manual, human review of almost every process and procedure doc available.
I know it seems dire, but you will find writing jobs. It’s a position they think they can wish away, but they can’t.