Re: second acts for technical writers?

[Brian Bertrand <bertran -dot- de -dot- st -dot- jean -at- gmail -dot- com>]

honestly, depending on how involved you have been in project processes, its
not a big jump to go to being a project manager or program analyst too.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Chantel Brathwaite <
brathwaitec -at- cacctus -dot- net> wrote:

> A couple of other possibilities: ISD (instructional systems design), tech
> journalism/blogging (not sure how much money is in this though), proposal
> writing.  Jack Molisani - a former tech writer who heads up the ProSpring
> Technical Staffing firm did a nice presentation on this very topic a few
> years ago.  You should be able to find the slides online here:  www.*
> prosprings*taffing.com/Resource/Alternate_*Career*_*Paths*.pdf.
>
> Chantel
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Becky Edmondson <beckyed3 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
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> > I am ready to move on, after many years in writing and editing, and
> > interested in hearing others' thoughts on second careers for technical
> > writers in the corporate world or elsewhere.
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