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RE: First Jobs that Grow into Careers as Technical Writers
Subject:RE: First Jobs that Grow into Careers as Technical Writers From:Matthew Horn <mhorn -at- macromedia -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:29:58 -0500
> > I'm interested in starting a career as a technical writer... I'm
> > wondering what types of positions (especially entry-level)
> > are effective starting points for such a career.
I think becoming a Technical Editor is a good starting point. It's how I got started fresh out of college with nothing more than a state school-sponsored English degree.
The pay sucked, and the work was dull, but it gave me an opportunity to:
- Become familiar with the tools of TW
- Get experience with the processes of TW
- Learn some of the technology
- Decide that I wanted to do TW full time
HTH,
Matthew J. Horn
Sr. Technical Writer
< m a c r o m e d i a >
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