Are technical writers being pushed to the side in tech?

Does the product ever feel complete when documentation is an afterthought? A lot of tech teams have an uncomfortable question: are technical writers being left out of modern product development? From my point of view, the answer has more to do with structure than with intent. A lot of the time, technical writers only join the product lifecycle at the end. The software is already built, tested, and almost ready to be released by the time they start working. Most of the time, the engineering and p