Re: Another interview thread ...

Subject: Re: Another interview thread ...
From: Victoria Camgros <vcamgros -at- persistence -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:10:48 -0700

At 10:01 AM 6/13/01 -0700, Charlie Montgomery wrote:

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My dilemma: I thought the market here in Seattle would be flush with
out-of-work programmer/writer-types, but now that I've recast our job
description for an open position twice (once as a senior tech writer, once
as a senior programmer writer) and still received a surprisingly low number
of resumes, I'm wondering whether it's the market or the description.

Consider these questions:

* When does a job's subject matter dictate that a writer have actual
programming experience vs. good ole technical acumen?
* If you were to try to hire a lead/programmer/technical writer-type,
what job title/description would you use?
* If you are a lead/programmer/technical writer, what job postings
attract you?

We generally use Senior Technical Writer (or just TW, as appropriate) and stress in the job description that the job involves writing for a programmer audience, documenting APIs, etc. Even when jobs are scarce, few writers actually have these skills. A few more are interested in and capable of learning to do the work. These are good candidates for us.

Maybe this is an indication that the job market isn't so horrible as the media has been painting it?


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