Get a job

[Sarah Lawrence <lawrence -dot- s -at- UCLES -dot- ORG -dot- UK>]

I should think that quite a few people are getting fed up with this whole 
interview technique/getting a job debate, but I find it interesting because 
I'm trying to get into technical authoring. I've spent some time talking to 
people already in the industry to find out more about the field (and to make 
sure that it really is the sort of thing that I want to do) but I've been 
getting some conflicting advice.

Some people say I should just go for it, what can I lose? And that I'm sure 
to find an area where my current skills will be useful and where I can 
develop new ones. (I like those people.)

Other people tell me that I'm mad, and that I need to do some kind of 
course/learn how to programme etc before even thinking of trying to get a 
tech writing job.

What does everyone else think? Should I stop plutzing, sort out my life (and 
my cv) and start looking, or am I actually insane to even be trying? Please 
reply off list - I'll summarise if anything of general interest turns up.

(To give you a very brief background - at the moment I'm an Editorial 
Assistant working for an Examinations Board. I help to produce publicity 
materials - newsletters, information leaflets, adverts etc - and I've just 
started to take responsibility for a section of the website and organise 
translations. Oh, and I've got an English degree...)

Sarah Lawrence
lawrence -dot- s -at- ucles -dot- org -dot- uk

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