Should You Start Tech Blogging?

3 pros and 3 cons from my first 3 months of writing about my experiences in tech on Medium

In December of 2020, I reached out to members of Rewriting the Code, a community of women in technology, asking folks to drop links to their tech-related blogs. I wanted to start writing about my own experiences in the new year, and I knew the exact story I wanted to start with.

Excitement got the better of me, and I jumped the gun, publishing my first blog just a few days shy of the dawn of 2021. Since then, working on my blogs has become a daily habit of mine.

In the past three and a half months since I’ve started blogging, I’ve experienced a lot of ups and downs while writing. Obviously, for me personally, the ups have outweighed the downs, or I wouldn’t still be here. However, as a busy person who wants to make sure that all of my hobbies contribute to my overall happiness, it’s important to me to evaluate why exactly I’m still blogging. If you’re thinking about getting started with your own tech blog, hopefully some of the factors I‘ve considered will help you make a decision for yourself, too.

Blogging can be a great way to build your personal brand, grow your digital presence, and all those other buzzy self-marketing words. I’m not ragging on those perks — being able to market yourself is important for your career — but there are enough articles on the career benefits of blogging that I don’t want to write another one. All of that is to say that if you’re thinking about getting started with writing about your own experiences in technology, there are a lot more factors you should think about besides the clout that writing might bring you. Instead, let’s talk about some of the more personal pros that you can come across if and when you start tech blogging.

My first blog was titled “Why I Didn’t Return to Microsoft.” Contrary to what the title implies, it wasn’t really about my experiences at Microsoft. At the time of writing that blog, I’d only recently started to evaluate my relationship with working in tech, and I was…

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