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Subject:Re: I'm taking my marbles and going home... From:letoured -at- together -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Aug 2002 07:54:28 -0400
In <200208131231 -dot- 17EEzNjEw3Nl3s70 -at- walker -dot- mail -dot- mindspring -dot- net>, on 08/13/02
at 12:31 PM, "Martin R. Soderstrom" <scribbler1382 -at- yahoo -dot- com> said:
>Technical Writers don't need to =be= experts, they just need =access= to
>experts.
In some industries that is true. In others, the writer is hired because he is
an expert.
>That said, it is not uncommon for an expert in some field to shift over to
>the Technical Communication field. Personally, I've never understood it,
>since the original field no doubt pays well above the state of the current TC
>field. Then again, it could be that these "experts" just couldn't cut it in
>their original profession. From some of the docs I've seen them produce,
>this wouldn't surprise me in the least.
I suspect you are not familiar wit the scope of technical writing. Some
industries hire writer to make the work of others sound better. Other know
that people who are just "writers" can't do the job -- even with experts to
help them. It takes real experience in the industry and they are hired for
that knowledge and their writing skills.
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