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Subject:Re: Engineer to Tech Writer From:"Calderhan Y. Squeeb" <cysqueeb -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:05:45 CDT
I have seen lots of movement in both directions. I got my start as a
newspaper reporter on an east coast daily back in the early seventies, later
got MBA and went into oil business on finance side, then started doing
technical writing on energy. I think it is easier to become an accountant,
engineer, etc., than to become a writer, and most good technical writers I
know always knew they were writers first, and learned their technical trade
later. Sounds like you may be a natural writer in that sense.
Megan asks:
I've been working as a applications engineer at a small company and among
the many hats I wear is tech writer. I've enjoyed the writing and am
considering moving my career in that direction.
Thoughts, comments?
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