Re: Paths to Seniority - from technical support to technical writing?

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Mary gives some good advice here. If I were working in tech support,
and wanted to move into technical writing, I would find an excuse to
write a document whether on company time or not, and then use that as
an excuse to write a few more. That makes it easier to show the next
company your abilities, because as Mary noted if the current company
doesn't "need" a technical writer it's unlikely they'll invent the
position.

--- Mary Arrotti <mary_arrotti -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> It is *possible* to move into technical writing from technical
> support. 

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