RE: How are technical writers perceived?

["Maggie Secara" <maggiros -at- adelphia -dot- net>]

My minor was history.  I don't recall ever mentioning my minor in an job
interview though, and it's not on my resume, because it isn't relevant.  I
didn't need to complete the requirements of a minor in order to graduate, and
since I decided not to get that teaching credential, I don't believe I did.
That was a long time ago, of course :)


Maggie Secara


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-84814 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of
> edahlquist -at- gmx -dot- co -dot- uk
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:28 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: How are technical writers perceived?
>
>
> Specifically, I come from a relatively technical background, and recently
> changed my program minor to English (rhetoric and linguistics, not
> literature).
> In the past several days I have gotten extremely negative responses to
> information requests, and judicious backtracking indicates the change
> in attitude
> was coincident with mentioning my change of minor. In your experience, is
> English (or journalism) perceived negatively by hiring managers, as opposed a
> more technical area of study?
>
>



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