Re: Where did you get your feet wet?

[arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com]

Hi everyone,

I decided as a high school Senior that I wanted to go into technical 
writing. The reasoning was simple: I like technolgy and science (won a 
few awards) and love to write. And Grampa was a technical writer.

However, my path to get there was a very loooong one. My major changed 
from Chemical Engineering to Engineering Technology to Literature to 
Foreign Language, to (finally) Liberal Arts. Along the way I worked for 
an insurance company, in various office "clerical" positions, and in 
the US Marine Corps. Every one of them said, "Oh, you can WRITE? Well 
then why don't you..." Even the XO used to consult me on writing his 
Master's thesis!

I finally decided that to see the words "Technical Writer" on my resume 
I'd have to go back to school and get a Master's degree in it. I did 
and now I bear the lovely title of "Senior Technical Writer."

I'm thrilled to _finally_  achieve the career that made my high school 
counselor laugh at me.

;)
Arroxane



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