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Re: What constitutes a senior tech writer and how to get
Subject:Re: What constitutes a senior tech writer and how to get From:William Swallow <WSWALLOW -at- COMMSOFT -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:11:35 -0400
Depends... Education level *should* play a small role; experience should
play a large role. Years of experience should take a back seat to quality of
experience and proven expertise. If you can't get what you need out of one
employer, head for another that will best suit you.
Then again, I'm living in a dream world.
Bill Swallow
Technical Writer
Aptis
a subsidiary of Billing Concepts
phone: 518.433.7698
fax: 518.433.7680 mailto:wswallow -at- commsoft -dot- net http://www.aptissoftware.com
> -----Original Message-----
> ANON>> The question is this: what kind of skills and experience does one
> need to be
> ANON>> considered a senior writer? What kind of training, seminars, books,
> would
> ANON>> help? Is experience the best teacher? How can one learn new things
> if one is
> ANON>> not assigned projects that make one grow?
>
