Re: Engineer to Tech Writer

["Halter, Meg" <HalterMC -at- NAVAIR -dot- NAVY -dot- MIL>]

Hi Megan --

Sounds like you and I are in similar positions. I have an MS in aerospace
engineering and have been working fairly successfully in the field for 20
years. After alot of soul searching the last couple of years, I decided to
move towards technical writing because that's what I seem to do best. Plus I
enjoy it.

It's turning out to be a challenge to feel out the proper balance between my
old engineering hat and my new technical writing hat. For the most part my
colleagues are puzzled but supportive. But a few others seem to have decided
that I'm a sorta secretary now.  I'm working on educating them.

Thanks for bringing up this topic. I'd just assumed that I was a rare beast
-- an engineer that likes to write! Perhaps not.

-- Meg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Megan Golding [SMTP:megan -dot- golding -at- DVTSENSORS -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 6:28 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Engineer to Tech Writer
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> Recently, the list discussed a thread on journalist-to-techwriter career
> path, now I'd like to ask about a related path: engineer to tech writer.
>
> I've been working as a applications engineer at a small company and among
> the many hats I wear is tech writer. I've enjoyed the writing and am
> considering moving my career in that direction.
>
> Thoughts, comments?
>
> Megan
>
>

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