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Subject:RE: career in TW for MFA? From:"Wally Glassett" <wallyg99 -at- home -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 May 2000 18:00:14 -0700
Assuming she has a good work ethic she should be able to land a job as a
beginning tech writer, or something along the lines Andrew mentioned, and
after a couple years experience she'll have a better idea if tech writing is
what she wants to do - or not.
Too bad she thinks her MFA education was a waste of time. I have several
degrees, most of which never landed me a job, but have never thought of that
as a waste of time. Childhood never landed me a job, either, but it was
hardly a waste of time.
Wally Glassett
Tech Doc-It, Inc.
wallyg99 -at- home -dot- net <mailto:wallyg99 -at- home -dot- net>
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a
son who thinks he's wrong. -Charles Wadsworth
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From: bounce-techwr-l-29022 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-29022 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Andrew
Plato
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:42 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: career in TW for MFA?
"Pam Hurley" wrote ...
>
> A former student of mine has suddenly realized that her MFA has been a
waste
> of time (i.e., she can't find a job), and she's interested in the TW
field.
> She took two writing classes while in college, Business Writing and TW,
has
> few computer skills, and has no idea what aspect of TW she's interested
in.
> I suggested that she go back to school, either to get additional computer
> knowledge or a Master's in TW, but she insists she's through with
> school.
This is exactly why I learned about databases and programming while I was on
my
way to an MFA. There just isn't a big market for FOC screenwriters unless
daddy
is a producer.
Was I in her position, I would get a lowly job as a customer service rep or
a
admin at a small company where I could get some exposure to technology. More
schooling WILL NOT help her get a job. Must have experience.
Otherwise, she can enjoy the wonderful world of poverty and rejection as an
unpublished author/artist.
