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Subject:RE: Seeking advice on English MA From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:47:35 -0400
As a hiring manager for 20 years, in a word, no.
I'd care more about your experience and ability to write than whether you
have a masters degree - or a bachelor's for that matter. And if all you had
to show for writing samples was a lot of academic writing, that might
disqualify you in my eyes!
John Garison
Documentation Manager
IDe
150 Baker Avenue Extension
Concord, MA 01742
A question for the other English majors among us, and for those who can
offer an employer's perspective: does an MA in English Lit do a tech
writer any good?
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