Re: Grow UP and stop knocking those with degrees!!!!

["Williams, Diane (contractor)" <Williams_Diane -at- DOTE -dot- OSD -dot- MIL>]

>> I have a degree in tech writing...and let me tell you,
     I worked my ass off for it.  It was a very tough program....we were
     required to go out, find our own contracts, and learn in a
real-world
     work environment.  We were required to write 4 manuals, some
     simultaneously in 6 weeks time.<<

Dang! Where'd you go to school?

My beef about my program is that it contains too much literary research
analysis (4 of the 10 required courses)! I wish my program were more
technical, but it's for a generic "professional writing and editing"
degree.

I dont' know that I *need* the M.A., but I know it will look good on
paper. I don't write code or users guides, but I think I'm going to get
some C++ books (C++ for Dummies?  The Complete Idiot's Guide to C++??)
and read up on some programming! Last programming course I took was an
introduction to Fortran in high school! Y'all can guess on how long ago
that was!

~~Diane

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