Jan 3

Career chart of a web content writer in India

Posted by Abhi

As promised in my previous post I am gearing up  for the post on the expected career growth chart of a web content writer in India. Recently my Dad asked our Leader (Aji Sir) a very straight forward question, “What is the future of a content writer?“. He was so rude and blunt in his answer when he said, “There is no future for a content writer?“. I wasn’t very sure why he said so. This actually prompted me to ask him in details about the future of a content writer.

My post is not to scare you. This is just an attempt to bring forth the hidden reality (challenges a content writer faces). I was about to write my post when I decided to go for a series of video interviews (Just thought of making it more interesting). I will be posting all the interviews on my blog, it would be pretty exciting to watch people from different fields talking their mind.

People I am approaching for Interview (talks)

  1. Susmita (Our content head and our mentor)
  2. Daisy (Our HR head, she is looking great in her new avatar)
  3. Kinkini (Content writer working on US credit system, she joined with me)
  4. Rituparna (A content writer, who took a lot of initiatives in the last few months).
  5. Aji Sir (The devil himself, he is very blunt when it comes to career. Thanks for lending me your N95 for video interviews)
  6. Joyeeta (Forum manager for Insurance community)
  7. Arindam (Forum head for Insurance community)
  8. Antara (a new joinee in the Debt team, she is working on blog posts and blog reviews)

So we have people from different backgrounds and I am sure that the interview would be really interesting. I am thankful to everyone for their participation. Lets make it really interesting. Most of the people will be there for the interview during the TT session (4 pm IST). I am really looking forward to it.

Date January 3rd, 2008 Filed in Online world
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5 Responses

  1. AjiNIMC Says:
    January 12th, 2008 at 4:08 am

    When will be my interview :( ? What happened to other interview?

  2. Nikhil Khandekar Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Hi Abhi,

    Do not be afraid to either hear or digest that comment. Your ‘Sir’ probably meant well. In fact, I think he means to do you a favor.

    If you are going to use phrases such as ‘in details’ and ‘talking their mind’, who in the wide world will want to take your content seriously? You cannot be a knife juggler if you do not know how to hold a knife, can you? Well, the English language (any language, for that matter) is the sharpest ‘knife’ you will come across. A single misplaced comma can mean the difference between life and death. Any content writer worth his or her salt will tell you that you need to get your basics absolutely perfect before you think of such a career.

    Content writing is by no means easy. Nothing worth much is ever easy. It requires astute reading habits and a healthy respect for TIME.

    If these attributes aren’t your cup of tea, I’d congratulate your ‘Sir’. He gave you the most professional piece of advice.

    People have made stupendous careers out of all kinds of vague things such as hitting a ball with a bat, jumping like a monkey in front of a video camera, and even simply making empty promises. And content writing is not vague by any stretch of the imagination.

    It is not WHAT you do that counts, it is HOW you do it that is more important.

    Take up content writing ONLY if you LOVE writing content, playing with words for great effect, and communicating well. Otherwise, do something else that you will genuinely enjoy even if you are asked to do that same thing every day.

    I do not mean to discourage you. All I seek to do here is to make my point clear enough.

    Best,

    Nikhil Khandekar

  3. basu Says:
    August 1st, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    very well said nikhil

  4. sree Says:
    January 20th, 2012 at 10:29 am

    What your boss said is absolutely right. Content Writers are not quite “writers” – they are just machines writing SEO articles.

    The breed mostly consists of journalists who failed to make it big. Like it or not, content writers earn very little. Try your hand at something else.

  5. Abhi Says:
    January 20th, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    @sree – u hit the nail on the head! SEO content writer is what online content writing has reduced to…but I have tried to keep my writing team away from SEO. I dont bother my writers with keywords at all. It’s clearly for the SEO guys in the team who take care of it.

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