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Subject:RE: Career in TW for MFA? From:Pam Mandel <pmandel -at- nimble -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 May 2000 13:20:48 -0700
This former art school graduate is now the manager of the tw department at a
start up company. I answered a similar email off another alias I monitor -
I'll pass on the same advice. Content, content, content. My first writing
gig was captioning images for an art history project - that led me to
writing user ed stuff, and after a series of contracts, I'm where I am now.
I did already have computer skills, though, which made all the difference.
I never diss my art school education - creativity does not become obsolete.
