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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who is the technical writer. I had a MA in humanities and it was difficult to find a job. Came across technical writing at a tech company and applied blind. No connections or prior experience. It may have helped that my BA and MA were both from top schools (ivy), but who knows. It was a starting position so the pay wasn't great, but I learned quickly and was promoted a few times in the past ten years.

You have to be able to write about things you have no interest in, but can still get very complex so you can't just space out and treat it like busy work. I still struggle with that some days. It takes a lot of mental effort and sometimes I wish I could be writing about something of interest to me. Unfortunately the market pays very well for certain kinds of writing and not others. The pros are, like another PP mentioned, great pay, flexibility in both hours and location. And it tends to suit introverts who do not love tons of meetings and "collaboration." [/quote]

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