A step up, a step down

[Kirby_Sarah <Kirby_Sarah -at- bls -dot- gov>]

I was discussing my work history with some of the help desk techies.  They
were amazed at the variety of technical jobs that I had held in the past
(help desk, computer repair, asst. network admin, programmer, etc).  They
wanted to know why I had taken a step **down** to documentation
specialist/technical writer.  I want to know, why is it a step down?  As a
technical writer, I am being paid more then in my other jobs (admittedly
most of them were during college and I never did know my own worth).  I
feel, as a word smith, I have a much more satisfying job that requires me to
be more knowledgeable on a variety of subjects and to become an expert on
topics that I would otherwise not have access too.  It seems to be a more
demanding on the gray matter then simply being a master of one domain.  Plus
once you fix a sentence, it doesn't break again. <g>  Any one know why a
step down?

-Sarah Kirby
Documentation Specialist


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