RE: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing

Subject: RE: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:50:49 -0800

Am I missing something? I see only quoted text.

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> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
>
> > On 1/18/2012 1:26 PM, Anon wrote:
> >
> >> I am interested in hearing from people who made a career change, but
> might
> >> still be on this list.
> >>
> >
> > I began technical writing in 1991 and now I'm pursuing law. I
> graduated
> > law school last year and I'm in bar review now. This ain't easy. I
> have
> > also started following my passions and I have built web sites to
> support
> > them. I received some financial support from followers of my sites,
> but I
> > do not have the time to devote to the sites like I want because of
> bar
> > review.
> >
> >
> > How did you identify your new field, how did you market yourself?
> >>
> >
> > I participate in email lists and lobbying on behalf of animal owners
> and
> > animal enterprise. Animal rights corporations, like HSUS and PeTA
> are
> > lobbying for laws that restrict animal ownership and agriculture.
> They
> > brand their campaigns as "animal protection" and "animal welfare,"
> but the
> > result of their actions is very detrimental to animals.
> >
> > Since I care very much about animals, I have decided to devote my
> future
> > law career to helping them and their owners. Two of my web sites
> depict
> > this, but those sites are off-line until I can complete them and
> promote
> > them properly. The web sites can also serve as examples of my work.
> >
> > Following my passions gives me the opportunity to write, which is
> what I
> > love to do, and to advocate, ask anyone who knows me about that.
> >
> >
> > I have many skills, a brand new digital media degree,
> >> but am having a hard time separating myself from the writing role
> since
> >> I've done it for so long. I'm interested also in those who left and
> then
> >> returned to the field. Why did you come back?
> >>
> >
> > Writing never left me, so I have never left writing. Until I get my
> law
> > license, I am still a technical communicator.
> >
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References:
Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing: From: INKtopia Admin
Re: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing: From: Lauren
Re: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing: From: Anonymous

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