RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

  If I may stick up for the Engineers and Developers at my office. Most of
  them are much better writers then either they, or I for that matter, like to
  admit. However, unless they are documenting their own program or code, they
  hate it! I think there has to be a love or at least an appreciation for
  writing and the written word to do it well, which is where a tech writer
  comes in. That may sound "naive" on this, not novice but certainly not an
  expert, writers opinion. But I think it is the truth!

  Vincent, if you love writing you will find your way into this field. Also if
  you love writing, you can take the most boring document and make it
  interesting, or at least useful, to you and your intended audience.

  Hopefully all the arguments over your original post have not scared you
  away. :)

  Melissa
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    From:  "Mike Schmidt" <mschmidt -at- weathercentral -dot- tv>
    To:  "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
    Subject:  RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
    Date:  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:10:19 -0500
    >It's becoming difficult to say anything without its meaning being
    >changed.
    >
    >Are you sure you aren't a lawyer? ;-)
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
    >Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:48 PM
    >To: Mike Schmidt; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
    >Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
    >
    > > assumptions that, say, an engineer might make about his audience. I've
    >
    > > seen manuals written by the designer that are so difficult to
    > > understand, that it's not worth the effort.
    > > They write about the subject like they think about it...
    > > Not like they're trying to teach someone else.
    >
    >The engineer or designer doesn't write poorly because he is an engineer
    >with knowledge. He writes poorly because while he may be a great
    >engineer, he is a poor writer. Don't penalize him because he has
    >knowledge. He just isn't paid primarily to write words...we are.
    >
    >John Posada
    >Senior Technical Writer
    >
    >"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never
    >actually known what the question is."
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