RE: degrees

Subject: RE: degrees
From: "Farwell, Peter" <peter -dot- farwell -at- encorp -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:10:30 -0600


... FWIW,

Started my college education as an English Major...dropped out
- became an Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic... got bored
- became a Commercial/Instrument Pilot with Flight Instructor Rating...

Actually taught flying and aircraft maintenance concurrently for several
years and learned how to create and revise technical curriculum for a rather
diverse audience. I never though about it before but this was good training
for my eventual tech writer gig.

- Ran a Karate School for a year (long story - don't ask)
- Went back to college (finally) as a business major - studied IT and
Marketing..

Undergrad degree in Marketing and Grad certificate in Database Development.
Still in school (will be forever probably)

In my last job I was a Field Service Engineer/Technical Support Specialist
flying all over the US and Canada (sometimes in rental aircraft) installing
Automated Fuel Systems as airports (little ones) and marinas. I was involved
in tech support, , technician training, documentation, interface design,
product testing (usually over the phone with customers), and eventually,
full-time Technical Writing. It was truly being thrown in the deep end with
no life jacket and I loved it (until I didn't). I also got to design and
implement the company website and most all product manuals and graphics.
Once I learned what people with my talents were making elsewhere, I moved
on.

Still looking for that next "flying/tech writer" gig.

Peter Farwell
Senior Technical Writer

>
> I'm getting lots of interesting responses to this thread, and I'll
> summarize on Friday.
>
> Now, I know that some of you out there don't have a degree.
> I'd appreciate
> hearing from you too. As we all should know, it isn't a
> degree or lack
> thereof that's important, but how well you do the job.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from all of you.
>

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