Re: What is required to be a tech writer?

[holmegm -at- attbi -dot- com]

Iliana Kostova <i_kostadinova -at- prosyst -dot- bg> wrote:

>Hi there!
>
>I am a technical writer from Bulgaria and I've been working this for 
>about 4 years. In Bulgaria there are no official courses on tech writing 
>and the requirements are very vague. I want to ask you what is most 
>frequently required for a technical writer so that I can check if out 
>department conforms with the  standard requirements.
>
>P.S. Please, execute my bad English.

Thankfully, neither your country (judging by what you say) nor mine (US) has 
"standard" requirements for being a tech writer.

I point this out only because your approach might be misdirected if it is
"what are standard requirements".  What is actually *required* to do the job is 
the ability to understand and communicate about technical subjects.  I don't 
doubt that some sort of helpful curriculum could be developed to support this, 
but that is a different philosophy and approach than listing what is "required".

Best of luck in your project, and apologies if I misunderstood the question.

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