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Subject:Re: Why so few medical techwriters From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:40:47 -0400
Michael Strickland wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
>
>> Shannon is getting a BS degree in science with a minor
>> in writing. She's graduating this December. As for a
>> Master's in writing, my point is that it would be
>> great for a tech writer, but I can't speak to the
>> issue of medical writer.
>
> Does anyone have numbers to back up the above assertion? Will a
> Master's
> in writing gain any significant advantage in obtaining employment or
> any significant increase in base salary or starting position?
>
No, but if you start out in midlife in the technical writing field with
a master's in technical writing, you can within a short time get up to
the level of a mid-career technical writer.
Out of the starting gate, I was just another intern, even though I had a
master's degree. But moving up took less than three years. My second job
in the field came with a $19,000 annual salary increase over my first
job.
Bonnie Granat
www.GranatEdit.com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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