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Technical writer
Find out how something works, turn it into instructions, and revise unclear steps or illustrations.
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Katherine Johnson
Johnson and Ted Skopinski wrote a NASA report explaining how to send a satellite over a chosen spot on Earth. NASA says she was the first woman in its Flight Research Division credited as an author of a research report.
NASA · How Johnson gained author credit ↗Johnson was a mathematician writing about her research. Her byline documents authorship at NASA. Hiring into technical writer jobs has its own history.
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