B.A. in English trying to move out of editing and journalism into...what? Ideas?

[Anonymous]

My friend got out of journalism and is doing nursing school.

[Anonymous]

BTDT 20 years ago. It depends on your skill set. You certainly could move into technical writing or editing. I jumped totally into high tech, because the job market was so insanely good for those skills in the mid-'90s. However, my old skills still come in handy for network documentation and software testing, and they've given me an advantage even in purely tech jobs.

I know a few English majors-turned-developers...you could explore some free online programming courses and see if you'd like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starbucks barista

We get that you don't respect the skills or the field, but save the snark. No one's interested.

[Anonymous]

BTDT. Left journalism for good in 2009 but before that had been doing a combination of corporate writing and journalism

If you are hoping to do something in a related field, I would say know that there are many jobs in corporate America and in the government where your skills will be valued. the biggest shift as I see it that has come out of technology/the decline in journalism, is that more orgs want to tell their own stories and need skilled writers to help them do that.

[Anonymous]

BTDT. Moved from journalism to technical writing to proposal writing (fed gov't), and now part-time in proposals. Love my job -- flexible, interesting, lots of autonomy, well-paying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My SIL left journalism and did PR for a college for a few years, took classes to get teacher certification and now teaches HS English.

similar route - journalism, concentration in PR
been teaching now for over 20 yrs.

[Anonymous]

NP here. Not to piggyback, but those that transitioned to technical writing, how did you do it? Start doing more technical journalism to build up your portfolio?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Not to piggyback, but those that transitioned to technical writing, how did you do it?

Temp agency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Not to piggyback, but those that transitioned to technical writing, how did you do it?

Temp agency.

OP here. Piggyback away! Are there local agencies that specialize in placing tech writers, or was this just one of the big Kelly-type companies?

[Anonymous]

Another piggybacked -- is it boring switching to tech writing, corporate or grant-writing? I mean, being a reporter is a lot of fun. And usually varied.