Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students and Postdocs:
Panel this week at Versatile PhD: Careers in Technical Writing. Panelists:
• A Chinese Religions ABD who managed translation and localization for a tech company doing business in China and is now Technical Communicator at business software company
• A Cultural Studies PhD who adjuncted for two years and then switched to technical writing, currently working as Technical Writer at a health care software company
• A Philosophy of Education PhD with a long history in different technical writing roles, currently working as Lead Technical Writer at a major Canadian online retailer
• A recent Comparative Literature PhD who jumped directly from graduation into her current position as Technical Writer at a business software company that serves law firms specifically
• A recent English PhD who freelanced as a technical and medical writer during grad school and is now Technical Writer at a well-known consumer goods retailer
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