RE: I'm taking my marbles and going home...

Subject: RE: I'm taking my marbles and going home...
From: "Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:24:41 -0400


How silly. Of course it isn't. By such reckoning, the only thing tech
writers are qualified to write about is . . . tech writing. LOL!

Of course, the answer given is an unequivocal "yes," followed by a
qualification . . .. <g>

Cheers,

Sean

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Sean Brierley
Software Documentation Specialist
Haestad Methods
http://www.haestad.com
203-805-0572 (voice)
203-597-1488 (fax)



-----Original Message-----
From: letoured -at- together -dot- net [mailto:letoured -at- together -dot- net]

>So to answer the litany of questions above: No - you don't have to be
a
>programmer/mechanical engineer/network adminstrator to write
effectively
>about these subjects.

Actually the answer is yes -- in some jobs you do need to be an expert
and
have a good deal of hands-on expereince -- for many very good reasons.
Do you
want examples? Tell me your expereince so I know where to start.


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