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Subject:Re: Question: Market for Technical Writing From:Sella Rush <sellar -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:38:38 -0700
To Ed Gomez's friend:
I'd recommend signing up for this list for a while. I think we present a
pretty accurate picture of the tech comm industry and the day-to-day
concerns of tech writers. We tend to get extremes, but there are also
plenty of practical, middle-road posts.
I'd also suggest looking into a tech writing class at a local college, or an
online university. I know of at least two universities with online tech
writing classes--Utah State and UCLA--and I'm sure there are others.
Also check out About.com's tech writing site: www.techwriting.about.com
It has a whole section of links for "beginners"
Sella Rush mailto:sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington
Developers of the CCM Database
