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Don Smith wrote:
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>My comments on this whole subject of degrees?
>1. Insisting on a degree is a way of saving effort by the personnel
>department in finding a qualified writer.
>2. Insisting on a degree eliminates a group of very fine writers.
>3. Bottom line: Goal should be to hire a qualified writer you can "live
>with". Hiring a writer with a degree will not make the difference, one way
>or the other. Bigger degree might make a bigger manual, but not necessarily
>a better one.
>MOO
I agree wholeheartedly. I was already a Senior Technical Writer with ten
years of experience in the computer business when I got my degree (for the
record, Journalism (Broadcast) with a minor in Radio/Television) in 1990.
The stuff I did to get my degree had very little to do with my job.
