Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

IMHO, the question is inflammatory. "Sellout" has quite negative
connotations and "fallback" has negative connotations (but less so).

Anyone who's "working for the Man" is selling out.

-Wendy

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Holly Steele <hsteele1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> To me, the question seems like a false dichotomy.
>
> It doesn't leave room for other answers like technical communication is a
> career of choice, a career that was planned and followed through on. For
> example, I enrolled in an excellent technical communication program and
> then
> graduated and looked for work as a tech writer. My choice was neither a
> fallback nor a sellout.
>
> Besides, the question is negative. Why focus on the negative? There is so
> much positive in the world to focus on.
>
> Peace,
>
> Holly
>
>
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