Senior technical writer?

["Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>]

You're a senior technical writer when someone promotes you or has to
justify your salary.  It's unlikely for someone to get to there without
lots of relevant experience.  

I don't understand why formal education in TW should be a requirement,
though it might help.  A writer who produces good work without the
formal education is extra-qualified, I think.  We are constantly faced
with developing content without enough access to the sources; someone
who has technical writing skills without the formal education has
demonstrated this skill.

Jessica Weissman
Hillcrest Laboratories
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