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I know very few Senior Technical Writers who have had formal training in Technical Writing. In fact, I know very few technical writers who have degrees or other types of formal training in Technical Writing.
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From: Jessica Weissman <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>
To: Claire Conant <Claire -dot- Conant -at- Digeo -dot- com>; Ronald Schwarz <RSchwarz -at- cosmocom -dot- com>; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:48:48 AM
Subject: Senior technical writer?
You're a senior technical writer when someone promotes you or has to
justify your salary. It's unlikely for someone to get to there without
lots of relevant experience.
I don't understand why formal education in TW should be a requirement,
though it might help. A writer who produces good work without the
formal education is extra-qualified, I think. We are constantly faced
with developing content without enough access to the sources; someone
who has technical writing skills without the formal education has
demonstrated this skill.
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