Paid writer programs usually have just enough of an incentive for people to get started creating developer content, besides the extra income it is an amazing opportunity for people to build a career out of it. For non-technical sites, have a look at http://whopayswriters.com.
A list of companies that have paid Developer Community Writer Programs.
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Auth0 - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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CircleCI - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Clubhouse.io - Up to $600 per piece
Technical tutorials and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Code Tuts+ - $100 (Quick tip) $250 (Tutorial)
Technical focused articles. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Couchbase - $200 per piece
Content area experts can submit tutorials and blog content.
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CSS Tricks - Around $250 per piece (depends on the length, research and audience)
Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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Dev Spotlight - Around $300-$500 per piece depending on length and content
Technical content production agency that works with many clients.
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Digital Ocean - Up to $400 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to Digital Ocean products.
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Draft - Pays $200-$400 per piece
Technical content production agency that works with many clients.
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DZone - Waiting for details
Broad coverage of development topics, but with heavy Java content, working hard to push into new topics and channels.
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Hasura - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code about Hasura or GraphQL.
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Hit Subscribe - Up to $200 per piece
Technical content production agency that works with many clients.
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Honeybadger - From $500 per piece
Ruby and Elixir tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Linode - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code on Linux or Linode.
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LogRocket - Up to $350 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Write about anything frontend.
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Make Use Of - $120 per piece with performance benefits
Tutorials and features about consumer apps and software products.
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Okta - Paid through Toptal based on your hourly rate
Technical tutorials and demos using Okta's products.
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PHP Architect - $175 per piece
Thought leadership and technical articles about PHP.
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Postmark - $200-$300 per piece
Applications are currently closed.
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Rancher - $300 per piece
Writing about devops, Kubernetes, and Rancher.
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Real Python - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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SitePoint - $250 per article
Broad coverage of development, design and the business ideas behind them. The JavaScript and PHP channels have the best traffic.
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Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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Soshace - $100 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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Tech Beacon - $400 per piece
Broad coverage of development, DevOps, QA and security.
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TechWell - $200 per piece
A wide variety of technical and business content is considered.
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TestDriven.io - $300-$500 per guest post
Web development tutorials designed to teach critical skills needed to test, launch, scale, and optimize applications.
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Tutorialspoint - Up to $500 per piece
In-depth tutorials on technical and business topics.
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Twilio - Up to $500 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Doesn't necessarily have to use Twilio.
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Vonage - $500 per piece
Technical tutorials and general pieces on programming
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WPHUB - $200 per piece
Wordpress tutorials and articles.
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