RE: What about a B.A./B.S. in Technical Communications?

["Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>]

Bill quoted and added...

> 
> > You can make yourself crazy trying to be "what employers prefer."
Go
> > for the B.S. or B.A. programs based on which program best develops
> > your own strengths, so those strengths are as marketable as
possible.
> 
> Excellent advice. And, of course, what constitutes a BA or BS varies
> from school to school. I went the BS route at RPI, and it's helped me
> better hook into the engineering side of things in my career. Of
> course, much of that comes from my own technological interests, and of
> course, I play the political and corporate cards as well.
> 

To which I will simply add this: at least in the U.S. the politics of
WHERE you earned your degree is often more important than what degree
you earned or even the field. For instance, many TW'ers in this area
have Journalism degrees from the University of Florida.  Though the
Central Florida area has its own local university (and one with a
genuine TW major at the B.A. and Ph.D. levels) Orlando is very strongly
"Gator Country." That paves the way for a lot of crossover by burned-out
or underpaid journalists into the TW profession in this area. The UF
degree almost guarantees them an interview even if they've never written
a procedural manual or designed a website.

Regions and companies change over time, but a little research into the
esteem of a particular university in an area you might want to live and
work could prove beneficial to your chances of getting in the door to
get the interview. Once you clear that hurdle, impressing a potential
boss is all up to you.

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