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Subject:moving on up From:"Horn, Matthew" <Matthew -dot- Horn -at- TFN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:41:39 -0400
I have decided to move into the development side of my company (out of the
2-person documentation team I am in now). I have many questions that perhaps
some of you can answer:
Should I ask for more money (I am a mid-level tech writer with 3 yrs
experience) if it works out? Or should I keep the issue of money under wraps
because I should be paid less as a junior-level programmer?
What can I expect to be the biggest challenges? (aside from working with
those pesky tech writers)
How do I avoid being the "go-to guy" for spec writing and just concentrate
on coding?
Am I making a big mistake?
Has anyone else tried this before and want to throw some advice at me?
The cool thing is that because of the product life-cycle right now, they
won't be hiring another tech writer to replace me until a few months after I
make the move, and they have made it clear that if it doesn't work out, I
can just return to the tech writing position.
