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

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Technical writing actually was my "first ambition."
It was the first line of work I considered that wasn't
preceded in my mind by "well, I guess I could be
a...."  It was just that in order to be the kind of
technical writer I chose to be I first needed to
serve an apprenticeship as an engineer.

I think of "my career" as the sum total of everything
I've ever done, not just one type of work.  I haven't
had "a career" as an engineer, "a career" as a
technical writer and "a career" as a manager.
My "career ambition" has been to be a successful
and satisfied Gene Kim-Eng; every position I've
taken to get here and stay here, regardless of
what field it happened to be in, has just been a job.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com>

> One can read (most of) the posts in the current "How did you get 
> started in tech writing?" thread as providing evidence for tech 
> writing being a "fallback" career. Not a disliked career choice, just 
> not the first ambition of the posters.
> Of course, in today's world, the concept of having "a career" in one 
> occupation is suspect.

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