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Re: Younger tech writers?

Subject: Re: Younger tech writers?
From: Joe Malin <jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com>
To: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:23:04 -0800

I agree. I studied liberal arts in school; chemistry, actually, though I didn't know exactly what I would be doing when I left. Computers snuck up on me. I think I was one of two people in my graduating class who kinda knew we'd go into something having to do with computers. At the time, my school didn't have a computer science department.

In school I learned to be flexible, curious, intelligent, and responsible. Most everything else I was exposed to is either out of date or wrong, and who cares? I can look up facts in a book; it's harder to look up how to be hard-working, reliable, and ready to learn things quickly.

Joe

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

In the industries I've worked (aerospace, semiconductors, biotech,
telecon) most tech writers start out as something else (design, test or service engineers, pilots or mechanics, biologists, laboratory
techs, physicists, etc.), In 15 years I think I can count the number of successful (as in, they're still working in the field after the dot-bomb housecleaning) writers I've known who started out as new grads with English or journalism degrees on one hand, and I've still yet to receive a single resume from a candidate with a
degree in technical communications.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
Is there a new generation of tech writers? When I go to Boston STC meetings,
almost everyone seems to be in my age range (40 and up).

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References:
Younger tech writers?: From: Nancy Allison
Re: Younger tech writers?: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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