RE: Just promoted to Sr. TW!

["Gordon McLean" <Gordon -dot- McLean -at- GrahamTechnology -dot- com>]

So, what IS the 'formal career path' for a Tech Writer?

Ohh wait, there usually isn't one. Up to Senior, Team Lead, Manager then..
yeah.. sideways? Product Management, Usability? Do we care?

I quite like "generalising in specialising" (to misquote a recently read
article) and wear my "Jack of all trades, master of many" t-shirt with
pride.

Gordon

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om] On Behalf Of Dori Green
Sent: 24 October 2007 15:17
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Subject: RE: Just promoted to Sr. TW!

I was actually told by one major Fortune 100 employer that they only
employed tech writers as agency-based or independent contract workers
because they didn't have a formal career path for them!  They had a tech
writer who had been grinding along at the same job for 12 years without
permanent status or benefits.

I worked for them for two years anyway.  By the second year it was just too
hard to watch $2000 annual employee bonuses being handed out to six-month
new hires while I didn't even get a thank you card, so I moved on with my
life and out of the area.

The company has since fallen on very hard times and it couldn't have
happened to a more deserving bunch of imbeciles.

Dori Green


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