XPost: misc.writing, misc.education, alt.journalism   
   From: ckrosco@yahoo.com   
      
   Content knowledge without writing ability won't get you far as an editor   
   or writer.  Having both doesn't guarantee a job.   
      
   Like the man said - he was in the right place at the right time.  An   
   essential prerequisite for almost anything...   
      
   chris_tine49@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > Gary Schnabl wrote:   
   >> I became a technical editor/writer for a mid-cap semiconductor manufacturer   
   >> ($6 billion annual revenue) without any direct training or experience. Just   
   >> my electrical and computer engineering education and ability, I guess.   
   >   
   >> In essence, I was hired through email correspondence and over the phone   
   >> without even applying for employment. In fact, that was my first foray into   
   >> this field. So a writing workshop probably would have done little in my   
   >> case. It's mostly being in the right place at the right time.   
   >   
   > So you were hired for your content knowledge, not for your writing   
   > ability.   
   >   
   > That's sort of a different case.   
   >   
   > Christine   
   >   
      
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