Since my internship is coming to an end for this semester I
have started to look at job opportunities. I have found three great job options
for the start of my career. All three jobs are something that I would be very
interested in and I think I would be very comfortable staying in the positions
for some time. My internship has helped to prepare me for someone of the role
requirements that all of the jobs are asking of their future employees. Two of the jobs are located in Las Vegas,
Nevada and the other is located in Washington, D.C.
The first company is Ruby on Rails, located in Washington
D.C., and they are looking for a Technical Writer who can document the architecture
of the app itself. They request that the applicant has a degree in computer
science, education or technical writing. I think I would already be a benefit
to this company because my major is English with the emphasis in Technical
Writing and a supporting minor in Computer Information Science. The company
specializes in software development for learning activities for K through 3rd-grade
students in charter and private schools. This is similar to what I have been
doing in my internship. I have been formatting and editing children’s
literature and helping to publish them in an online forum. The company
specifically wants a tech writer that is able to take the software language of
their products and make them into something easily understood by the
salespeople and any potential partners.
The second company is Birtcher located in Las Vegas, NV. They
are looking for a technical writer that will be able to maintain the existing document
base they have, but also be able to develop new procedural documentation. The
documentation will be used by the manufacturing production line, sub-assembly
stations, warehouse & shipping and quality. The material and assignments
that are asked of us in our classes will be great preparation for the materials
this company would be asking of the technical writing employee. Something that
makes this position different from a regular technical writing job is that they
are asking more of their employee. Such as: meeting with individuals requesting
technical documents to form relevant support materials to develop written
documentation, drawings, and installation instructions. It seems that the
company would like their employee to be well rounded and integrated into the company
structure. This is an idea that I really like and feel would be beneficial for
me because I am a people person and enjoy communicating with others.
The third company is Konami, they specialize in systems and
game development. They are specifically looking for a Technical Writer but I
think I could bring more to the applicant pool because I have a minor in
Computer Information Science. The basic outline for what they are asking of a
future employee is to take the engineering and mechanical language that the
software and games are written in and transition it into technical instructions
that someone without a computer background would be able to understand easily.
I think my knowledge of computer language would be very beneficial here and
help to also bridge the gap that is sometimes created between software engineers
and technical writers. Some of the day to day things that the company would be
asking of an employee is the maintaining of documentation and templates that
are preexisting.
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