Re: Big bucks in tech writing
I was told once that I was too old to really work up the corporate ladder (I'm 31 now). The person who told me this reasoned that by 30, most people are well into their career. Since I didn't get started until late (I was 28 before I graduated grad school and figured out I wanted to be a tech writer), it would be harder to get ahead in the business.
By any chance,was the person who said that under thirty? ;-)
I know lots of people who were in their late thirties or forties before they had their first executive position.In the last couple of decades, an increasing number of people haven't finished their education or even moved out of their parents' homes until they're nearly 25, let alone started a career.
At any rate, the idea that you move into the upper echelons of power through steady promotion probably has no relation to reality. The easiest ways to become an officer in a company is either to help found the company, or to move from a mid-level position in an existing company into a new company.
It's a comforting thought that steady work and merit will be recognized and rewarded,but I question how much truth is in the idea.
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