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Anthony,
I began my career as a journalist. In fact, I wrote fashion for a magazine.
If your friend wants to talk with me, give her my email address. I believe
we all should help each other.
Sonja Waller
Sr. Technical Writer
Smallworld Systems, Inc.
Communications Business Unit
TEL: 303.268-6163
FAX: 303.779-9945
Email:
sonja -dot- waller -at- smallworld-us -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Markatos [mailto:tonymar -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:04 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Question: Market for Technical Writing
Ed Gomez asks:
I have a friend who is dissatisfied about her present work situation and
would like to break into the field of Technical Writing. She has an English
degree but no technical writing experience. She has a solid knowledge of
computers and the internet. She was asking me, what is the market like for
technical writing opportunities and where are most of the companies located
that hire these kinds
of writers?
Tony Markatos responds:
There are two basic types of TWs. There are those that focus primarily on
drafting documentation (i.e., focus on style, and sentence structure).
(English majors are the classic example.) And their are those that focus
primarily on engineering documentation (i.e., developing highly task
oriented properly partioned documentation). (Engineering types often fit
this mold).
There are jobs for both. The important thing is for the job seeker to
understand what type he/she is. That person would not want to find
themselves in a situation requiring the "other" type of writer -- the two
approach the job entirely differently.
(P.S. I am of the second category)
Tony Markatos
(tonmar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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