Who Pays Technical Writers
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Here is a very partial and incomplete list of sites known to pay for technical tutorials and other articles of interest to software developers. I do not necessarily know much about or endorse any given site on this list. I have written for some of the sites on this list. Information on this site may not be accurate or up-to-date.
Please use the form to submit more sites to the list and provide feedback about other information this site could contain. This site is currently in the beta stage on the account of not yet having anything that a neutral third party would call a "feature."
Publications (49)
| Publisher | Topics | First Article Rates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A List Apart | Web Design and Development | Unknown | |
| Auth0 | Using Auth0 in applications | 150 | |
| Baeldung | Java Ecosystem | 35-160 | |
| CareersJS | JavaScript | 400 | |
| CircleCI | Various | 300 | |
| Couchbase | NoSQL Applications | 200 | |
| CSS Tricks | CSS | 250 | |
| Dev Spotlight | Various | Pays | |
| DevOps.com | DevOps | Unknown | |
| DigitalOcean | Cloud Hosting, OSS, Infrastructure, Linux | 300 | |
| DZone | Various | Pays | |
| FaunaDB | Uses of FaunaDB | 200-500 | |
| FloydHub | AI/ML, data science | 150 | |
| Fly | Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure | 150 | |
| FusionAuth | Using FusionAuth API in applications | Pays | |
| Hit Subscribe | Various | Unknown | |
| Honeybadger | Rails, Elixir | 500 | |
| How-To Geek | General Tech | Pays | |
| Infatica | Web Scraping, Proxies | 100 | |
| Ionos | DevOps | 200 | |
| Linode | Cloud Hosting, OSS, Infrastructure, Linux | 300 | |
| LogRocket | Web Design and Development | 350 | |
| LWN | Linux News | 300-350 | |
| Make Use Of | General Tech | 120 | |
| Nuts and Volts | Electronics | Unknown | |
| Okta | Various | Pays | Usually hires via TopTal |
| Opensource.com | Various | Unknown | |
| PaperSpace | AI/ML, data science | 200-300 | |
| PHP Architect | PHP | 175 | |
| PonyFoo | Various | Unknown | |
| Postmark | Using Postmark | 300 | Currently not accepting submissions |
| Programmable Web | APIs | Unknown | |
| Rancher Writing Program | Cloud Technology | Pays | |
| Real Python | Python | Pays | |
| Scotch | Web Design and Development | 100-300 | Owned by Digital Ocean |
| Sitepoint | Web Design and Development | 200 | |
| Smart Business Trends | General Marketing | 200 | |
| Smashing Magazine | Web Design and Development | 200 | |
| Software Engineering Daily | Various | Pays | |
| TakeShape | JAMStack | 300 | |
| TechWell | Various | 200 | |
| Testdriven | Web Development | 300-500 | |
| The Clubhouse | Various | 350 | |
| Tutorialspoint | Various | 500 | |
| Tutsplus | Full Stack Web Development | 250 | |
| Twilio | Using Twilio in applications | 500 | Contact individual editors |
| Vonage | Using Vonage in applications | 500 | |
| WPHUB | Wordpress | 200 | |
| Zift | Children's Technology | 100 |
About
Who Pays Technical Writers is inspired by, but not associated with, whopayswriters. It is currently under development and will one day exist in full Django-y glory. Until then, enjoy this simple static landing page and maybe find a publisher from the listed links.
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