Comments on: 5 Well-Paying Jobs You Can Land with an English Degree

By: ItsKindaMehSometimes

ItsKindaMehSometimes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:53:00 +0000

Meaning maybe you should go into software dev and make the bigger bucks. Maybe. Best thing to help you in journalism is the connections you might make — its not always WHAT you know. Join the school paper and try to get to know, very well, any journalists you can.

By: TechJournalistMake40kItsMeh

TechJournalistMake40kItsMeh — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:51:00 +0000

Most tech journalists don’t have that level of background. If you’re still in school, it couldn’t hurt. However, you’d probably be better off using your computer science degree

By: recoveringhipster

recoveringhipster — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:43:00 +0000

There was on-the-job training in the sense that I had to ask a lot of questions in order to not break everything.

By: Fourerr

Fourerr — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:49:00 +0000

Technology has made it possible for everyone to be both writers and publishers; making it impossible to filter real talents out there. But with businesses shifting from writing made for search engines to those that will convert more ‘human’ visitors into buyers – I guess, the timing is just perfect.

By: Hayden Bridges

Hayden Bridges — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:24:00 +0000

Do you think minoring in computer science would help me get a job as say, a tech journalist?

By: Hayden Bridges

Hayden Bridges — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:23:00 +0000

So it was on-the-job training or did your company require you to do more academic work?

By: recoveringhipster

recoveringhipster — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:24:00 +0000

No, I did not. I got it through my network. It was a clerical job that evolved into desktop support.

By: jeff loggens

jeff loggens — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 05:27:00 +0000

Did you get another degree for that?

By: recoveringhipster

recoveringhipster — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:43:00 +0000

Desktop support.

By: jeff loggens

jeff loggens — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 06:50:00 +0000

what’s your job?

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By: Jared Barneck

Jared Barneck — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:05:00 +0000

Hah! They consider 32K to 50k well paying? I agree with NotanEnlishMajor.

I am an English Major. Good thing I am a Senior Software Developer! Go ahead an look up the average Salary of a Senior Software Developer and see if you still think 32k to 50k is well paying.

My English major did help keep me from being one of the socially weird technical dweebs. And my technical documentation is on par with technical writers–though to be honest, I don’t really copy edit my blog. I leave the typos and I don’t care. But company documentation is copy-edited.

By: recoveringhipster

recoveringhipster — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:12:00 +0000

This list is disappointingly outdated. Copywriting and technical writing jobs now often need more advanced degrees than an English major… if they still exist as distinct positions at all.

In other words, those jobs are much more scarce than they were even ten years ago. To tell someone that they could always be a copywriter isn’t much more encouraging than saying, “You could always be an actor.” Copywriting is a competitive field, not something that you can reliably fall back on.

By: NotanEnglishmajor

NotanEnglishmajor — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:06:00 +0000

Mid 50k range, with one at only 32k? These are NOT well-paying jobs…

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By: Career Coach, alisonelissa.com

Career Coach, alisonelissa.com — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:57:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing this list! I like how many of the positions you listed blended business and writing.

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