Just curious...how did you become a tech writer?

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wanted to graduate in 4 years after changing degrees 10 times, picked English with a focus in Tech Comm. pretty much 90% luck

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game development, IT, general business, accounting, finance, information systems, back to general business, economics, premed, then english

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I ask "how" and not "why" because I stumbled into it. I took a tech writing class in college and dropped it because it was boring af. Then I spent some time proofreading junk mail after I graduated, and once I was done with that, I got a job as a docs specialist that evolved into tech writer because "I'm good at procedures, I can do images, I got this." Then I got another degree and transitioned into software, where I've stayed since. I really like it at my current company, so I can say that my career was a happy accident.

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