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Subject:RE: how bad is the job market? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:22:22 -0500
Technical writing has been a solid profession for many decades, and it
still is. There might not always be good jobs for tech writers in
certain industries (e.g. software), or certain geographical areas. But
there will always be good jobs for tech writers.
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> From: Dan
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:24 PM
> To: 'Robert Lauriston'; 'TECHWR-L Writing'
> Subject: RE: how bad is the job market?
>
> I believe tech writing is dead, we need a paradigm shift to
> the next evolutionary field, whatever that is.
>
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