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Technical Writing

Expert professional IC

Career Explorer · Engineering · Technical Writing

Entry: Technical WriterIC ceiling: IC6Both

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

  1. Technical Writer InternIC0Optional developmental level
  2. Associate Technical WriterIC1
  3. Technical WriterIC2
  4. Senior Technical WriterIC3
  5. Lead Technical WriterIC4
  6. Principal Technical WriterIC5
  7. Senior Principal Technical WriterIC6

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

This family has no management ladder.

Source: Microsoft Careers; ONET