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

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

Also, when I started, Technical Writing wasn't trumpeted in the 
schools as a discipline. Only English, Journalism, and Creative 
Writing were course subjects or degreed programs.

Scott

At 10:52 AM -0400 8/19/08, jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com wrote:
>
>
>
>  One can read (most of) the posts in the current "How did you get 
>started in tech writing?" thread as providing evidence for tech 
>writing being a "fallback" career. Not a disliked career choice, 
>just not the first ambition of the posters.
>Of course, in today's world, the concept of having "a career" in one 
>occupation is suspect.
>
>Jim Shaeffer
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