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Subject:Re: Using the Sunday paper From:Marc Santacroce <santa -at- TFS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:23:00 PST
At 6:26 PM 3/16/95 -0500, Richard Lippincott wrote:
I've done it, and I got my first tech writing job that way. I was looking for
>a job in aerospace. I was checking ads in "Aviation Week & Space Technology."
>When I spotted a company hiring design engineers, I'd send off my resume with
>a letter that said something to the effect of "You didn't say you wanted tech
>writers, but you're going to need some to write about the thing that the
>design engineers are planning." Lockheed agreed, and hired me.
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Outstanding idea. I'm going to use it this weekend.
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