RE: Internships (was: Breaking into the tech writing job market)

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

If anyone has a thin skin, press the delete button now.

I'm not kidding.

Oh, well, you were warned.

> Perhaps I should have clarified that I was referring 
> specifically to someone who has not only no experience 
> but no coursework or training in technical writing, which 
> was what I understood was Vince's circumstance.

Then perhaps a person with those job skills HAS no place in this
field. This is not a hobby. With no exprience and no training, what
can make someone think they are suited for this field? Because a
magazine said the field was 13th on a list?

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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