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I also graduated with a master's in tech writing in my late forties
after staying home and raising kids, so my employment history
consisted solely of part-time or temporary positions! While in school
I maintained with my normal quota of volunteer activities (thereby
creating an opportunity to learn Pagemaker) and managed to find
part-time employment with a department on campus. After graduation, I
went to work in that department, finally becoming the technical
editor for that college. Some of the activities in that position
included publishing a four-color magazine (converting it from pasteup
to digital layout), scientific editing, leading the college's initial
advances into the WWW and overseeing the college's pre-press division.
I left that position after seven years for health reasons. After an
18-month recuperation period, I was employed by a local architectural
firm to do their proposal writing, layout, and other presentation
work. That gig also lasted seven years.
Now I'm back to the same kind of volunteer activities I enjoyed
before, including working with my local Habitat for Humanity
affiliate.
Because I live in a small-ish university town and would not have been
able to relocate, I feel very fortunate to have opportunities to test
the waters and enjoy a career in tech writing. I'm sure you can do
the same!
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