Re: New Poll Question / Introduction

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Yes it is...sorry:) I should have known better since working for a military 
contractor I have learned pages upon pages of acronyms. They have acronyms 
for everything and actually talk in them. The ABC for DEF for the GHI etc 
etc etc...it GMAH...gives me a headache! :) Happy New Year!

Melissa



From: Geoff Brandt <gbrandt -at- thetcsgroup -dot- com>
To: Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: New Poll Question / Introduction
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 08:35:16 -0800

Melissa,


"NBC" - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical???


-gb


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On Dec 17, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Melissa Nelson wrote:


What I did before I was a tech writer....


I was the assistant Manager at Hickory Farms.
I worked retail for a funky little department store.
Got married
I worked as a gopher for a construction company.
I worked at a paper mill picking up things...I loved the steel toed 
boots...NOT!
Volunteered at a hospital
Wrote for a newsletter on Women's Health issues
Got divorced
Worked as a Home Health Aide
Worked as a Nursing Assistant
Went back to school
Worked as an Editorial/Research Assistant in Grad School
I have spent the last 2.5 years as a technical writer,  first at a internet 
hosting company, did a contract for Thomson Prometric and now as a full time 
technical writer for a NATO contractor working on NBC documentation, which I 
love!


Melissa


From: "W. Kelly Oja" To: TECHWR-L Subject: Re: New Poll Question / 
Introduction Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:34:34 -0600


Welcome to the list Jennifer.


Jennifer's post and Joe's reply made me want to do this, so bear with me. I 
think it would be interesting to give a quick list of what we have done over 
the years. I am 33 and have been in the field since October 2002. I have a 
B.S. from the University of Minnesota. But before going back to college, I 
was (NOTE: These are all after high school):


-Assistant Dairy and Produce Manager in MN -Assistant Produce Manager in MN 
-College student in MN -Route Driver for a soft drink distributor in MN 
-Framer (House Construction) in AZ -Car Salesman in AZ -Warehouse Manager in 
VA and CO -Bouncer in CO -Route Driver for a beer distributor in CO -Truck 
Frame Inspector in MN -Car Salesman in MT -Forklift Driver in MN -College 
student in MN -Tech Writer in MN and IL


Obviously in my younger days I let the wind take hold of me. And it looks 
like there might be a chance in '06 that I might be adding to this list that 
has not been updated since June of '03. Time will tell.


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