Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I responded to the poll early on and wasn't going to say
anything in the food fight that ensued, but on this point
I would have to say don't try to change their views on
technical writing. No profession needs people who enter
it without any real enthusiasm, and the last thing I want
is more resumes from people like that.  I spend the
majority of my interviewing time trying to weed out
candidates who would click on "yes" in this poll.

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>

> Sure, technical writing is something they could do ... if they were 
> starving
> and had no other way to pay the bills. So I'm tasked with trying to 
> convince
> them otherwise, because the college administration knows that such 
> idealism
> will surely end in poverty and frustration.

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