RE: When to start?

["Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com>]

It seems you have a lot of research to do. Check out the resources at
www.stc.org and www.techwr-l.com (you'll be redirected to the
appropriate TechWr-L URL). 

To answer your questions generally, what skills you need depends on what
you want to do. In general, you need to be able to write well, have a
strong attention to detail, and be able to be somewhat of a reporter (in
order to get some of the info you need). The job market for any tech job
is poor right now. Every few months a small pocket of opportunities
opens up in one industry or another, but competition for those positions
are high.

BILL SWALLOW
Information Design & Development Professional
tel/fax: 518.371.1867
wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com


::: -----Original Message-----
::: What skills are necessary for getting started in technical 
::: writing? What are the core things one needs to learn in 
::: order to get a job? Also, after one learns such core 
::: things, what would be a good field of study to increase 
::: marketability? Finally, how is the job market out there? Do 
::: technical writers easily find work?



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