Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me, Part 3: Learning to Be a Writer

A lot of careers have obvious training paths. Doctors go to med school, lawyers to law school, teachers need certain education courses, those who want to do certain types of high tech work often enroll in certificate programs. These programs don’t come with job guarantees — there’s a lot of debate these days over whether law graduates can get good enough jobs to offset the cost of their education — but there is no question that you have to get those credentials to follow most of those careers...