Typical obstacles to your career development and continuing education as a technical communicator include:
- Time.
- Procrastination.
- Money.
- Lack of awareness of new trends, tools, and methodologies.
- Lack of awareness of continuing education opportunities In-decision: deciding what to do next.
- Not asking questions of colleagues or peers in the profession.
- Avoidance of inquiring with experts.
- Not doing career advancement steps in the correct order.
- Not thinking through a career move.
- The false sense of security that education and training completed to-date is sufficient for the remainder of your career.