I am a student who has just admitted into the technical communication program in the University of Minnesota, Could you please have a brief talk to me?This area seems quite amazing to me. and my E-mail address is razer.zero@me.com.
Thanks for your patience and help.
Best Regards, Razer
Dan 于 2013-5-2 20:16:16 回复
Hi, Razer. I've sent you an email. Nice to know you and good luck with your new endeavour.
Hello, I am a student who has been recommended to pursue a phd degree in Shanghai Jiaotong University(SJTU), majoring wireless communication. My Bachelor Degree will be achieved in June this year in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, majoring opto-electronic. Now, I am doing the graduate design in SJTU. However, I found scientific research is not where my interest lies. I am going to talk with my tutor to quit this degree, and want to find a job as a technical writer, since I always find using language rewarding and interesting. I carefully read all of your blog articles, and find them interesting and useful. I would be excited if I can seek some advice from you. My email address is 443584278@qq.com. Thank you!
Dan 于 2014-3-12 13:53:13 回复
Hello XC, thanks for carefully reading my blogs and glad to know they're useful to you. It's interesting to see someone with such strong technical background willing to become a technical writer.
I think the key question is whether you want to step into your career immediately or you want to first pursue a phd in this prestigious university (SJTU). I believe you will have many chances to use English during your research, and you can become a technical writer after you finish your phd if this is still what you want at that time. Wireless communication seems like a promising major.
However, if you really believe wireless communication is not something worth a couple of years and it perturbs you, just follow your heart. Try to find some intern as a technical writer and see how it goes.
Feel free to drop me a line here (or mail@technicalwriter.cn) if you want to talk more, but in the end, it is your own decision to make. :p
Shawn 于 2014-4-9 19:39:00 回复
Actually the TW postion is often regarded as subsidiary to other positions like R&D, and many companies do not want to pay much for this position. A green guy with few working experience and TW background can meet the requirements of many companies because they think it is enough and more cost-effective. Please think twice before you make your ultimate decision.
I have been working as a technical writer for more than three years. Because I seem to have touched the ceiling (especially in salary) of this postion after experiencing a lot of interviews these days, I even intend to give up. Currently what bothers me most is that Chinese companies pay little attention to the quality of documentation, and job opportinities provided by foreign companies are limited. Would you please reveal the range of salary in this field? For example, 5k to 15k.
Dan 于 2014-4-9 19:37:23 回复
I think the range is about 5K to 30K per month in China, but you are right that good opportinities are very limited.
我刚从大连理工大学毕业,软件工程专业,前几天被一个还不错的公司TW team录用,他们正在等着我的回复。但是我有些犹豫,我申请了加拿大学校的研究生,预计一年以后入学。由于我对TW还不是很了解,对选择在这家公司做TW还是继续深造拿不定主意。Dan能否从从业人的角度给一些分析及建议? Thanks in advance. Hoping for your reply.
Hi, the truth is that I'm not the only person who dig out all your blogs. That's pleasing and really helpful! thanks for all your efforts. But it's pity that you seldom update your bog these days and I‘m looking forward to have a closer communication with you, about technical writing and things like that.
I am a student who has just admitted into the technical communication program in the University of Minnesota, Could you please have a brief talk to me?This area seems quite amazing to me. and my E-mail address is razer.zero@me.com.
Thanks for your patience and help.
Best Regards,
Razer
想问问作为一个要去面试Technical Writer,我对文档编辑这块并不是很熟悉,想问问大神,一般你常用到的编辑软件是什么?我就知道像adobe的Frame Maker
偶尔看到你的个人网站,觉得获益匪浅,希望能结识你这位前辈,多交流。
I carefully read all of your blog articles, and find them interesting and useful. I would be excited if I can seek some advice from you. My email address is 443584278@qq.com. Thank you!
我是一个有两年软件开发工作经验的女生,我想转行技术文档工程师。但是由于我是高中毕业后就边打工边报培训机构学习的软件开发。对于文档写作这一块,我的文字功底不是很好,外语水平仅在高中阶段吧。对于我现在转型技术文档会不会很困难呢?
很想了解下这个职业是可以一直干到退休还是吃青春饭的?是否只能一直做TW,无法朝管理层发展?
我给你发了一封邮件,但是没有回复,所以尝试能通过留言与你联系上。
我是思康(北京)信息顾问的张建云,看到你的文章,有这样一个想法。
思康微信平台刚刚运行,我们想在这个平台上转载你的文章,不知道你的意见如何。如果方便请跟我直接联系。jianyun.zhang@semcon.com
或者通过思康微信跟我联系也成:公众号:思康中国。
谢谢!
我是中国电信国际有限公司产品部负责人,急需招聘中英文都很好的技术文档工程师,能帮我推荐一些人才吗?
谢谢!
范鹏程
你好,我是英语专业的,目前从事的是技术型翻译。不知做这个技术文档工程师有没有可能呢?看中一家公司的招聘,超向往呢。求指点啊!
我也是英语专业的,毕业后做了一年英语客服,做了一年多助理兼翻译,现在想做技术文档工程师,但是自己没有相关经验,也没有技术背景,请问该如何准备才能使自己具备TW的素质,获得面试及工作机会呢?谢谢!
今天我去参加了技术文档工程师的面试,说实话,英专背景的我对于技术这一块很感兴趣。但是虽然前期做了很多的准备,但是表现不佳。因为问题主要集中在文档风格,工具的具体使用上。我在网上找到的有效资料很少,在你的博客里看了很多,但是由于时间的关系都没有太深入的去了解。再加上口语也不好,真是活活的错过了机会。
我在成都,对于技术写作十分感兴趣。因为这不同翻译,需要学习的东西更多,相应地人的能力也能够更大的提升。Dan,我想问一下,在手里没有具体项目的前提下,我该怎么去学习这些工具呢?我自己尝试着在看,但是没有目标的感觉。还有如果说找不到这方面的工作,进入翻译公司去做IT本地化的话,以后这些经验对于应聘有用吗?
谢谢你能够回复我。找工作这一段时间来真的是特别迷茫。一直想要进入某一个行业,不想进入翻译公司,但是在成都遇到的机会太少。我也在想是不是因为自己不够好,尝试了很多都失败了。
技术文档这个很多都要求经验,我也只有先去找其他的机会了。谢谢你哈。祝你的博客能够越办越好。
我刚从大连理工大学毕业,软件工程专业,前几天被一个还不错的公司TW team录用,他们正在等着我的回复。但是我有些犹豫,我申请了加拿大学校的研究生,预计一年以后入学。由于我对TW还不是很了解,对选择在这家公司做TW还是继续深造拿不定主意。Dan能否从从业人的角度给一些分析及建议?
Thanks in advance.
Hoping for your reply.
Nancy
我是应届毕业生,2017年7月毕业,前段时间校招拿到了华为资料开发工程师的offer。我是自动化专业的,之前也没特别丰富的文档开发经验,所以想在入职前在网上找找相关学习资料。直到今天发现这个网址,甚是惊喜!
支持支持!