Re: changing from programmer to tech writer (was: Webster Techwriters online course)

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

API jobs also tend to pay top dollar.

I get calls about API jobs in the San Jose / Santa Clara area all the
time. There are lots of companies that think they want to hire
programmers who can write. That's why I asked about experience and
samples.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Monique Semp
<monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> I don't have any info about the course, but did want to comment about the
> career change you're considering.  I took the same route: I was a software
> developer for a dozen years before switching to tech writing. ...
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