Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

Subject: Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?
From: "John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Holly Steele" <hsteele1 -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:47:16 -0400

> It doesn't leave room for other answers like technical communication is a
> career of choice, a career that was planned and followed through on. For
> example, I enrolled in an excellent technical communication program and then
> graduated and looked for work as a tech writer. My choice was neither a
> fallback nor a sellout.

Then your answer is NO. The question isn't making you select from one
of the two. It's making you select between those two on one side and
all the orther possibles.on the other.

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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President

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References:
Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Cardimon, Craig
RE: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Lauren
RE: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Al Geist
Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Holly Steele

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