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Funny, I would have thought that the first lesson someone would carry away
from all the years and effort it takes to earn a PhD is that there is always
something new to be learned.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Porrello, Leonard
<lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com>wrote:
> I would again assert that a PhD is in and of itself a disadvantage for a
> technical writer who is not in academia. First, a PhD doesn't necessarily
> translate into practical ability in the workplace. For example, specialized
> research in the area of, say, screen capture use and usability isn't going
> to make me a better technical writer than someone off the streets who reads
> and applies my research. In other words, in terms of being able to do
> technical writing, a PhD adds nothing.
>
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