XPost: misc.writing, misc.education, alt.journalism   
   From: rollandbet@thotmail   
      
   "chris_tine49@hotmail.com"  wrote in message   
   news:1131837959.022586.29960@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   Maybe, maybe not.  He did say there was email correspondence and   
   telephone contact.  Sometimes that can give a good idea if someone can   
   convey technical information verbally and in writing.  And lord knows,   
   there are few enough out there that can take the technicalities of   
   something they are immersed in and write it up in a way someone   
   outside of there profession can understand - read any manual or   
   on-line "help".   
      
   I have a sister who is an engineer who knows how to write.  She has   
   never had any problem getting a gig.   
      
      
   --   
   Beth   
      
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