Re: "Software Technical Writing is a Dying Career"

[Debra Kahn <kahndebra -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Agree with Ryan and Gene. And BTW, I have seen a pleasant uptick in the
number of technical writing jobs advertised in this area over the past
year, along with what looks to be a corresponding (but small) uptick in the
salary ranges at which those jobs are advertised,

Deb K

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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> Well said.
>
> > On Aug 20, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > There are always some parts of every field that are "dying," while other
> new ones are being created. If you specialize in one of those "dying" parts
> and are too inflexible to spread out to other parts, then, yeah, your
> career is dying.
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