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"Shavon Walker" wrote
>
> OK, folks, here's my dilemma. I'm an English major with an MA in Literature. I
> worked for 2 years as a technical writer, then lost my job. Looking around at
> other tech writer jobs, I realize that a majority of them ask for programs that
> I don't know--Visio, Dreamweaver, and so on. SF State and Cal State Hayward are
> schools close to me; should I go back and get a certificate in technical
> writing, which wouldn't necessarily teach me all those programs but would give
> me the basics? Or should I just keep looking?
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Buy em used, learn 'em. I sold off a copy of FrameBaker and RoboHelp last year
for cheap.
Tell employers "yeah I know that" and just be prepared to show your stuff.
Tools are extremely easy to learn. Anybody can learn Visio. Its what you can
produce with Visio that people really care about. So learn the technologies and
topics you're documenting.
Andrew Plato
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