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Re: A survey for professional tech. writers (to be used in my thesis)
Subject:Re: A survey for professional tech. writers (to be used in my thesis) From:Goober <techcommgoober -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 May 2002 12:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
> Section I: Demographics
> 1. Briefly describer your academic background (major
> and minor in university, and grad school if
> applicable).
BS Communication, RPI
> 2.If you are a freelancer/contractor, what kind of
> technical communication work do you do most
> frequently?
User/Admin software doc, online help, web development,
tech writer and help developer tools training
> Section II. Computer Skills
> 1. List two or more software programs in each of the
> following categories you use most often at work
> Word Processing_____________________________
Word, FrameMaker
> Graphic Design_______________________________
Quard, PageMaker, InDesign, Dreamweaver, FrameMaker,
Flash...
> Desktop Publishing____________________________
See all above answers for #2
> Others (other work-related software not listed
> above,
> describe
> briefly)___________________________________________
RoboHelp, WebWorks Publisher, MS Office Suite, MS
Project, Quickbooks, HomeSite, FrontPage...
> 2. What kind and level of programming knowledge are
> required of you at work?
Strong HTML, ASP, JavaScript
> 3. List three courses (in order of importance)
> you?ve
> had in college and/or grad school that have helped
> you
> do your job (not just current job, but including all
> previous professional experiences relevant to
> technical communication).
None. They all provided insight into what the real
world might be. The on-the-job sink or swim approach
helped me most.
> 4. List three courses that you wish you had had in
> college and/or graduate school that would have
> helped
> you do your job (not just current job, but including
> all previous professional experiences relevant to
> technical communication).
Macroeconomics, General Psychology, Golf 101
> 5. Additional comments on the role of computer
> skills
> in the technical communication profession.
You need them. What ones depends on what you want to
be doing in the technical communication profession.
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