RE: "Surviving the Dying Career of Technical Writing"

["Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- hologic -dot- com>]

Thanks for your honesty, Gene.

I'm not qualified either, but I do find the subject pretty fascinating.

Appreciate the exchange, and your thoughts.  Be interesting to identify when the career of technical writer first hit the streets. 

Steve

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 7:40 PM, Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

Way bigger sociological discussion than I feel qualified to take on. :)

I was just contemplating the question of when it became possible to even have a career as a technical writer.

Gene Kim-Eng


On 3/23/2016 7:15 PM, Janoff, Steven wrote:
> I think the suggestion was not that there were no specialists before 1900, but that early 20th century gave rise to the "mass-man," the cookie cutter person living in cities.

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