Re: graduate degrees?

[Tania Flack <tf1996 -at- PEGASUS -dot- CC -dot- UCF -dot- EDU>]

On Mon, 3 Oct 1994, Monet wrote:

> I was wondering...

> I'm a junior.  By the time I graduate, I will have three summers of technical
> writing experience and two semesters of class work on a school journal.  Will

> have a good chance of getting a relatively well-paid writing or editing job
> with a B.A., or do you REALLY recommend grad school?

Please tell us we don't have to go!  I've been a professional student for
77% of my living, breathing years, and I don't think I can handle another
four years of school just so I can be a little more marketable.

I will also graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English (Technical
Writing concentration) in May 1995.  I have obtained a lot of
great practical experience through the Tech Writing Program at the
University of Central Florida, and I can't see how a graduate degree
could help me!  I know that graduate degrees in Tech Writing often
revolve around theory.  Is that what I need to know to get a job?

I was really hoping I could wing it for the first few years of my career
as I learn the tricks of the trade.  With experience I would continue to
move up the corporate ladder.  I hope my wimpy wish comes true.

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