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Personally, I wouldn't call technical communciation an industry. However, at least in the Washington, it is considered a growth profession. When I was unemployed for 9 long months, I took programming classes to upgrade my skills and got the state to pay for it. To get the money, I had to show that the demand for the profession was growing (unlike say, building airplanes ;0)). I did (along with ALOT of other research) and they gave me money to become a more proficient programmer. At this time, I am studying for my certification because being a programming writer pays even more.
Diana
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> On Apr 7, 2005 3:29 PM, Kathrin Schlipf <kathrin_schlipf -at- yahoo -dot- de> wrote:
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> > Does anybody have a clue about the actual size of the technical
> > documentation industry? Is there a strong growth within the industry or a
> > decline?
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