With an English degree...

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• mbcdefg member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I've got one and I'm a Technical Writer (I use XML language to re-write old manuals for things like air conditioners and radios). Before this, I worked as a web editor for a newspaper, a public relations manager for a local private high school, and a copy editor for a national magazine. (I had a Journalism concentration.)

  

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  Lawyer (after getting a law degree though).  Lots of lawyers have English degrees (and it is good for law school because it develops good writing, reading comprehension and analytical skills).

  

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• Melissa66

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  My brother has an English degree and a successful career in advertising. An English degree, like a History or Art History degree (like me) usually means that you are a good writer which is a great professional skill that can be applied to many professions.

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• kathymarie member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  Thanks! Any other ideas? Keep 'em comin'!

  Married 7/19/09
  MC 9/8/10
  Baby Boy Born 7/31/11
  
  

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• stapletond

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  One can work in publishing.

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• Kathy8684 member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  educational textbook world? either writing or editing, or sales

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• alliecarrie41 member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  work in publishing!  we hire more people with english degrees that don't know what to do with them that we know what to do with.  need a job?  lol...

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• kathymarie member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  lol Allie... just seeing what's out there. I have a good job that I've had for 7 yrs, but every so often, I wonder.

  Married 7/19/09
  MC 9/8/10
  Baby Boy Born 7/31/11
  
  

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• melissa82 member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I'm an editor/writer. Some of my colleagues in publishing who have English degrees are Ac Eds (acquisitions--convincing authors or subject experts to publish a book with a certain publisher, going to conferences, basically a sales job), work in business development or write marketing materials/book jackets/press release copy, etc.I used to do a lot of copyediting, which is basically strictly editing for grammar, house style, voice/tense and acronym/abbreviation usage. A lot of the larger publishing houses outsource that now, but sometimes they need native English speakers.

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  A lot of the larger publishing houses outsource that now, but sometimes they need native English speakers.Melissa, that's really interesting but maybe a little scary too.I think I would have really liked copy editing, if I knew grammar a little better.  I was a foreign language major though (and loved the language/linguistics classes, rather than the literature classes), so I'm maybe I bit of a nerd about language.  One of my favorite tasks at work is proofreading what other people write.

  

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• mbcdefg member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  Check out mediabistro.com. That's a good website for jobs in publishing, proofreading, TV and radio, print media, web technology, etc. The copy editing job was my favorite (well, the actual tasks of the job - the people were all _assholes) because I really love grammar and spelling. I'm the nerd who reads a restaurant menu and specifically looks for mistakes.

  

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