Your Career in Technical Writing

      A Guide to Preparing For and Landing a Technical Writing Job

      Edited by Fred Sampson

      Final Portfolio for Basic FrameMaker
      CAOS 190FM, Cabrillo College, Spring 1999

      Table of Contents

      Your Career in Technical Writing

        A Guide to Preparing For and Landing a Technical Writing Job
        The Author/Editor

      Careers in Technical Communication

        Technical Communication as a Profession
        Career Opportunities
        Education
        Membership in STC

      Breaking into Technical Writing

      San Francisco & Silicon Valley
        Introduction
        Technical Writing Wages
        Education
        Your First Job
        Catch-22
        Resources

      Ten Steps to Getting a Writing Job

        The Interview

      Technical Writers Code of Professional Practice

        Preamble
        Non-Discrimination
        Responsibilities of the Writer
        Employer Responsibilities
        Ownership of Rights
        Bylines
        Portfolio Copies
        Payment, Expenses, and Retainers
        Termination
        Agents, Brokers, and Others

        Copyright 1999 by Fred Sampson

        Careers in Technical Communication
        Copyright 1998 Society for Technical Communication
        www.stc-va.org

        Breaking into Technical Writing
        Copyright 1998, National Writers Union, Local 3 (San Francisco Bay)
        www.nwu.org, BITE Division

        Ten Steps to Getting a Writing Job
        Copyright 1996, John Collins and Writers Block
        www.niva.com/writblok/fall95/10-steps.htm

        Technical Writers Code of Professional Practice
        Copyright 1997, National Writers Union
        www.nwu.org, BITE Division