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Subject:Re: Techwriters and marketing From:Melonie Holliman <mrh -at- ABMDATA -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:16:09 -0600
Howdy,
I have said it before and I will say it again: The more you
know the more jobs you are qualified for. What if you came
upon a job which was 90% perfect and 10% marketing? No,
a technical writer is not REQUIRED to have marketing experience.
However, I cannot see how it could hurt you and it just
might get you that perfect job. If you really hate it, don't
do it. But I cannot see how it could HURT a tech writer to
help out marketing.
I am a lone writer for a small company. They hired me only
to write technical manuals, but I have increased my value
greatly by being willing to take on other tasks (including
marketing). And they have bent over backwards to reward my
efforts. Besides, being willing to help marketing I get
to learn some neat programs (like Photoshop) and I get a
bit of a creative outlet.
Having a niche can be a good thing. However, if you are
unwilling to ever get out of it, you will only get what
falls into it.
Melonie Holliman
The Tech Writer
ABM Data Systems, Inc.
Austin, TX
(mrh -at- abmdata -dot- com)
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