Re: Career moves? What jobs are technical writers likely to move toward

["Laura Johnson" <Laura_Johnson -at- agilent -dot- com>]

I was a programmer, then a tech writer, then a manager, now a tech writer
... all (more or less) voluntary moves, all within one company. But I don't
claim to be normal or anything ;->
regards,
  Laura Johnson
  Learning Products Engineer (aka "tech writer")
  Agilent Technologies MAST


"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote in message news:220850 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
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> I did a little unscientific research on Google...
>
> "former technical writer" - 430 hits
> "former programmer" - 2000 hits
> "former manager" - 67,500 hits (LOL!)
>
> This corresponds to my experience... back when I was chasing FT jobs, one
of
> my interview questions was "Can you introduce me to anyone here who *used*
> to be a technical writer?"  Nobody ever took me up on that - not once. I
> concluded that tech writers were not likely to advance in the
organization.
>
> (and a lot of the "former manager" hits seemed to be in the context of
> "indicted" or "ordered to pay damages..."  :-)
>
> Mike O.
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