RE: "Are technical writers the unsung heroes of document generation?"

[Mike Christie <mike-christie -at- outlook -dot- com>]

Not translating at all from my perspective. I had been away from tech pubs
for a number of years when I was laid off last July. One of the avenues I
pursued in looking for a new job was technical writing. In spite of having
written documentation in a variety of areas (financial, expert systems,
search, e-commerce) and having had 10+ years experience in the field, I
found nothing. My wife and I ended up selling our house south of Silicon
Valley and moving to SoCal.

So clearly companies were not that desperate for technical writers.

Mike
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How's that translating into tech writer workloads?  Burning midnight oils,
more contractors, or...?

Gene Kim-Eng

On 6/24/2015 4:50 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> The tech boom in SF and Silicon Valley right now is very intense. It's 
> hard to compare with the dot-com boom because people have a better 
> idea what they're doing and aren't just throwing money down the 
> closest drain.
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