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RE: Beginning as a Tech Writer in Telecommunications
Subject:RE: Beginning as a Tech Writer in Telecommunications From:Christi Carew <ccarew -at- rangestar -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:55:04 -0800
> A friend of mine has been interviewed by a big
> telecommunications company
> for a potential tech writing job.
> He has another interview with this company in a few weeks. Is
> there any
> advice that anyone can offer? Any texts or introductions to
> telecommunications that my friend could peruse to shore up his
> understanding of the industry and the technology he would be
> expected to
> write about?
Telecom covers A LOT; just saying "telecom" is somewhat broad.
Here are a couple of reference Web sites. When I first started in telecom,
my company sent me to some training. That was very, very helpful; plus, I
learn pretty quickly.
I'm in wireless and antenna-related stuff now, so I have a bunch more links
but they are very specific.
I would definitely recommend combing the Web site of the interviewing
company very closely. Maybe they have industry links. Go to http://whatis.techtarget.com/ and look up any term from their Web site you
don't know.
As long as he is willing to learn and can learn quickly, it shouldn't really
be a problem.
Christi Carew
ccarew -at- rangestar -dot- com
RangeStar Wireless
www.rangestar.com
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