RE: Career transition away from tech writing

["Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>]

As others have mentioned, business analysis (BA) and quality assurance
are roles that tech writers often fill informally.  Your best chance is
getting a current employer to let you try out one of them.

As one who moved from BA to tech writing, I would remind you that as a
BA you have to spend far more time in meetings with other people than
you do as a tech writer.  Depending on your temperament and wishes, this
may be an advantage or a disadvantage. 

There are also more different people to satisfy with any given piece of
BA work, and every single one considers himself or herself a subject
matter expert.

-  Jessica  
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