RE: real tech writers? RE: Out-of-Work Tech Writers and Switching Careers

Subject: RE: real tech writers? RE: Out-of-Work Tech Writers and Switching Careers
From: Goober <techcommgoober -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:05:42 -0700 (PDT)


> Ed Manley complains that the reason technical
> writers are paid such a
> low rate is that they are largely composed of
> failures from other
> computer areas (customer service, analysts) with no
> special skill or
> desire to being a technical writer.

That was my main point of disagreement. The "failed"
part. Kinda put me off, though I've always been a TW
from day 1 (or at least in the field). I've seen some
really bad TWs who went to school for TW, and some
really good TWs who came over from other lines of
work. His statement was quite off from what I've seen.

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RE: real tech writers? RE: Out-of-Work Tech Writers and Switching Careers: From: Michele Marques

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