Typical obstacles to your career development 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 in the profession
- Avoidance of inquiring with experts
- Not doing career advancement steps in the correct order
- Not thinking through a career move