Re: Uplifting reading: Why Technical Writing Jobs Are Among the Best Writing Options in an Economic Depression?

[Sharon Burton <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com>]

For those of us who lived thru the last 2 recessions (I got my first  
tech writing job in 1991), we know that one of the first things that  
happens is writers are laid off in large numbers. So perhaps if you  
weren't around in for either of the last 2, it seems writers would be  
needed.

Companies decide that they can do without it or outsource it or...  
writers seem a luxury to companies.

After all, anyone can write, can't they? Didn't we all have to learn  
to write in high school? How hard can it be?


-- 
sharon
 From web


Quoting John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>:

>> 2. Documentation writers won't be affected because the need to
>> "instruct, explain, and train" will "never diminish in times good or
>> bad."
>
> Is that a fact. Perhaps I should pass the word to all the members of
> my STC chapter (including me) who have lost their jobs since the start
> of the economy downturn. I'm sure they'll be happy to hear this.
>
> --
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
> NYMetro STC President
>
> Looking for the next gig.

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