Re: Recommended software for breaking into technical writing

["Campbell, Art" <artc -at- NORTHCHURCH -dot- NET>]

As another tech writer who got here from journalism, and has stayed, here's
my take
on the "career" differences....
1. Tech writing pays roughly twice as much as the same level gig in print
journalism.
2. The number of jobs in journalism has been shrinking for more than a
decade and shows
   no sign of stopping. I don't know what tech writing, by itself, has been
doing, but
   high tech in general is still growing exponentially.
3. Daily newspaper journalism, at least, is lots more fun than tech writing.
But in tech
   writing, I get paid to play with words, photos, and computers... which
ain't bad at all.

Art

Art Campbell
Technical Publications
Northchurch Communications
Five Corporate Drive
Andover, MA 01810
978 691-6344

-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Baer [mailto:jbaer -at- MAILBOX1 -dot- TCFBANK -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 9:36 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Recommended software for breaking into technical writing

No flame, just an observation: some people like tech writing, others
don't. If you don't, you should absolutely get into something that makes
you happy. Life's too short to do anything else. Me? I like it (among
other types of writing) and work in a shop where I deal (for the most
part) with pleasant, cooperative, and fairly intelligent people. Well,
we have a couple of notable exceptions, but I'm saving that for my book!
And to both of you, happy writing, whichever type you choose to do.

Bev Lockhart wrote:

>
> Why would you want to get out of journalism?  I've been in software
> documentation for two years, and I am looking to bail (back into
> journalism).  Tech writing is the absolutely most boring thing in the
> world, and I am certainly going to get flamed for this!
>

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