Or it depends on where you live and work. We didn't really notice a downturn in the number of jobs being advertised for "technical communicators" here. So the dotcom bust was, to some of us, a thing that was taking place elsewhere and didn't really affect us. Other places, like the Bay Area, it was much more obvious that there were too many applying for the same few jobs.
In that type of environment, survival of the fittest is key. In this case, if you're good you'll continue to have work. Almost everyone I know who were downsized, and who are good, were back working in almost no time. Jobs are still plentiful and the money is still good. ...sue On 11/12/07, Harkness, Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of it was temporary. The money was great and the jobs were > plentiful. > A lot of people came into the field in the 1990s and early 2000s. > Where did they all go? Maybe some of them are still struggling to find a > job. > Others may have decided to go home and write that great American novel. > Or they simply went back to what they were doing before they became tech > writers: being chemists, teachers, nurses, carpenters, x-ray > technicians. > > On the other hand . . . > Because of the nature of what we do, our profession is a launching pad > for many different types of careers. > > Some tech writers from the 1990s became interested in usability and now > consider themselves user experience professionals. > They might have chosen to join an organization that related more > directly to that field. > > Others moved into instructional design, programming, web design, > marketing, product design, quality assurance, etc. > > Holly Harkness > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about itself? > > Do technical writers cease to think of themselves as > technical writers because they've had to take different > jobs due fluctuations in the employment landscape? > Or was the larger membership temporary and due to > sign-ups of newbies who got one writer job and > immediately assumed that they were set in a new > career for life, then bailed when the bubble burst? > If it's the latter, I suppose we're probably better off > without their memberships. > > Gene Kim-Eng > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. > New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help > technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. > > > Interactive 3D Documentation > Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com > _______________________________________________ > > Technical Communication Professionals > > Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com > Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com > ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
