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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doc
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:28 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: IT documentation
>
> Is this a left-handed comment about the career path of
> technical writers?
Mike O. posted the following in November:
>
> I did a little unscientific research on Google...
>
> "former technical writer" - 430 hits
> "former programmer" - 2000 hits
> "former manager" - 67,500 hits (LOL!)
>
> This corresponds to my experience... back when I was
> chasing FT jobs, one of
> my interview questions was "Can you introduce me to anyone here who *used*
> to be a technical writer?" Nobody ever took me up on that - not once. I
> concluded that tech writers were not likely to advance in the
> organization.
>
> (and a lot of the "former manager" hits seemed to be in the context of
> "indicted" or "ordered to pay damages..." :-)
>
> Mike O.
