RE: Internships (was: Breaking into the tech writing job market)

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

True, and in the absense of that information at the time I wrote that post
you now refer to, I drew a conclusion. 

However, in my initial post to him this morning, I asked him specifically
about it because I had not seen that anyone had yet asked the question,
which I think is fundamental.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Internships (was: Breaking into the tech writing 
> job market)
> 
> I don't think we know that about Vince from his post.  He
> tells us he has a master's degree in English but no technical
> or scientific degree and no OTJ experience as a tech writer,
> but he doesn't mention whether he's had any tech writing
> courses or training.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
> 
> > Perhaps I should have clarified that I was referring 
> specifically to 
> > someone
> > who has not only no experience but no coursework or 
> training in technical
> > writing, which was what I understood was Vince's circumstance.
> 


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