Re: On degrees and the like...

[Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com>]

Perhaps you should go to college for the degree of your choice.  You should 
strive to be the best whoits you can.  Once your degree is in hand, you can 
get training in Frame or RoboHelp or whatever is the current favorite tool 
of the people who are hiring technical writers.  In this way, you could 
select the tools you need when you need them and you could get up to speed 
on them quickly.  You could think of it the same way we used to buy brief 
cases to enhance our image - just another point of preparation along the way.

I for one, wouldn't consider taking Frame or RoboHelp at college.  I think 
that's a specialty type of training and I'd probably take it from the Frame 
or RoboHelp people.  Sure it's expensive, but The tools you learn in your 
Freshman year, might not be applicable to the job market you graduate 
into.  When you're out there with your resume in hand, then you need to 
have a few tool skills to help you in the door.

I agree with others that once you've learned Frame or RoboHelp and are 
competent at it, a new employer should be able to assume you can learn 
their in-house software with little trouble.

Marilynne

At 07:39 AM 3/28/00, Eric Ray wrote: