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Subject:Re: Where do we belong?? From:"Chuck Martin" <twriter -at- sonic -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:50:26 -0700
"Ramaa Venugopalan" <ramaa_17 -at- rediffmail -dot- com> wrote in message news:108665 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> Can someone tell me, where the Technical Writing Team would fit in a
Software Product Company? In the Product Engineering Team or the Product
Marketing Team
>
> Would highly value your opinion, especially if it is based on the
structure in the company you work for.
>
Technical communication is an engineering discipline.
Well-formed product development teams include technical communicators (and
QA) as a de facto part of all communication and decision making.
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"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled
carpenters don't get insulted when told they are not architects,
but highly skilled programmers do get insulted when told
they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net www.writeforyou.com
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