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Subject:re FWD: work vs. environment From:"Mark L. Levinson" <markl -at- gilian -dot- com> To:TechWr-L <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 05 Mar 2000 15:56:31 +0200
I agree with previous respondents that prospects seem dim
if you move together with the technical-writing department,
and in R&D you'll be doing work that you don't much like for
a company that isn't well organized. But one point in favor
of staying in R&D, if you can tolerate it, is advancement.
There is only so far you can advance as a technical writer,
whereas R&D puts you in the high-tech career mainstream.
Not every company gives its technical writers the opportunity
to break out.
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Mark L. Levinson - markl -at- gilian -dot- com - Herzlia, Israel
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