
CHRIS DOUGHERTY
Technical Editor
GS Media and Events div. of Camping World/Good Sam
GS Media and Events div. of Camping World/Good Sam
Technical Editor
I am responsible to review and create technical content for MotorHome and Trailer Life magazines.
Every day is great at my job! I work from home mostly, in an "RV" themed office full of tech, but I also have an office in Oxnard, CA at the Good Sam HQ, and I travel to the RV capital of the world, Elkhart, Indiana on occasion for RV tests and reviews. Those are fun. I get to take a brand new RV right from the assembly line and test it for a week and then write a review of it. I also love doing technical articles involving installation of some of the latest 'stuff' in the RV industry.
Here's the first step for high school students
The first thing is having a passion for the industry and the RV lifestyle. There are many people in our industry who excel at their jobs, and there are literally a million RVers, but this job takes: 1)excellent communications skills, and that comes from education, 2)Professional level knowledge of the RV industry and Recreation Vehicles, so becoming an RV technician, pursuing the education and training, and doing the job for years, and 3)start writing on a small scale, and work your way up.
"My father was a physician, and my oldest brother, who died in a plane crash when I was 3, had been accepted to med school. I was a poor student and didn't measure up. Constant pressure to stay in school / college for a meaningful career."