Re: Another spin-off: where to find writing jobs that are NOT IT related

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I would dispute that.  Although it may seem from the messages on
this and other forums that 90% of the world's tech writers are in the
software and IT fields, there's a world of stuff out there requiring
documentation that isn't, though it's true that most medical or biotech 
writing will require at least a passing knowledge of various IT and 
SW operations to prepare things like 21CFR11 and other validation 
protocols.  For the background you've described, try checking
the career sections of sites for companies like Affymetrix, BD Bio,
Genentech, etc., or consider some additional training to prep 
yourself for medical writing (start at amwa.org, the home of the 
American Medical Writers Association).  

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitchell Maltenfort" <mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com>

While being a technical writer superficially seems a natural segue,
most of the jobs are by, of and for the IT industry.  


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