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Re: Motivation and satisfaction in technical writing
Subject:Re: Motivation and satisfaction in technical writing From:Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:22:21 -0700 (PDT)
"Mariana Prusorova" wrote
>
> It would be interesting in what the techwriters find their motivation for
> working so hard? Please, share some ideas.
> In software development particularly, the latest trends are for "zero
> learning" - interfaces are so easy to navigate that the users don't need to
> read any documents. The usability test in our company also proved that only
> about 5% are refering to the help or printed documentation of any kind.
> As a freshman in the branch (2 years) I am starting to loose my motivation -
> for whome am I acually writing?
I too lost interest in tech writing about 3 years ago. I was sick and tired of
the low pay, low respect, and low energy of most writers. Its hard to be
motivated when there are so many bad tech writers and people don't respect what
you do. And people don't respect what you do, because there is so many bad
writers. Its like a sick little cycle of doom.
Suffice to say, I got what I wanted out of tech writing. I learned a lot of
valuable technology and communication skills.
Unfortunately, most of the people who are honestly good at tech writing, leave
the profession and go on to more profitable things.
Andrew Plato
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