RE: Getting into technical writng

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Joe Pisko wrote: 
 
> I assume that this question has hit this email list some 
> number of times, I apologize for the repetition. I have a 
> degree in English and I am something of a computer geek. I am 
> looking to get into technical writing. I am working on 
> getting a certificate in technical writing (it will look good 
> to the morons that seem to staff HR departments.) <snip> 
 
> All of this seems fine but that first job has not as of yet surfaced. 
> Thanks for any advice.

My first suggestion would be to lose the attitude that led you to write
"morons that seem to staff HR departments." 

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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