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bentcorner on Nov 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: High-documentation, low-meeting work culture

> I was a software engineer for 30+ years and got completely burned out on it, so I left engineering to do technical writing

How did you make this transition? Any credentials/certifications you needed? Did you transition within the same company?

innocentoldguy on Nov 24, 2022 [–]

My college degree was in writing, so I used that and a portfolio to make the transition. During interviews, it seems my software engineering experience and portfolio are more valued than my writing degree though.

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