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>>I suggest that aspiring tech writers spend more time learning calculus,
>>programming--and any other tech subject they can handle...
I'm a newbie to the list--a lurker until now. Lately I've seen a few posts
that seem to imply that a future in technical writing requires possessing
"hard" technical skills (e.g., programming). I do not have any further
advice to offer along these lines, only a link to an opinion piece by Bob
Lewis in InfoWorld regarding IT careers: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/07/15/020715opsurvival.xml.
>>There are any number of English majors with topnotch secretarial skills
who
>>can perform such work for a modest salary and do so quite happily...
>>There are endless legions of Journalism and English majors
>>to fill those positions, as an alternative to working at Wendy's.
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