RE: Paths to Seniority - from technical support to technical writing?

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Joanne Elizabeth Murphy wrote:

So-much-so, in fact, that I find myself manning the helpdesk and administering to the IT departments
budget...acquiring new hardware and solving trivial computer problems.

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Are they offering a permanent position with benefits?  Grab it and negotiate for a membership in STC with several SIGs, attendance at two writers' conferences (maybe one a speciaty IT Writers weekend), and an online Tech Writer certificate program.

There is certainly a career path from IT support into Technical Writing.  For qualification as a Senior Technical Writer, you'd have to beef up your basic writing skills.  The above sentence shows several problems; the proposed correction that follows is not the only way it could be presented but does correct the major flaws.

Dori Green

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So much so, in fact, that I find myself:

   o manning the Help Desk
   o administering the IT department's budget
   o acquiring new hardware
   o solving trivial computer problems

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