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Subject:RE: Re: Future trends in technical writing? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:20:24 +0000
Biotech produces tons of documentation, but it tends to be documentation that requires highly technical knowledge to produce (instrumentation HW and SW installation, operation, maintenance, scientific publications, patent submissions, FDA/pharma protocols, etc.). Transportation, energy production, food processing, etc., are all industries that tend to be underrepresented at STC events and online forums, but which also generate as much or more non-SW documentation as SW-only products, possibly because the people generating it tend to think of themselves as engineers and scientists rather than "technical writers." However, the opportunities for people who want to write and who are willing to acquire the necessary qualifications are still there.
Gene Kim-Eng
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On 11/27/2006 6:56 PM Richard Lewis wrote:
The way I learned it, TWing, is essentially about documenting procedure - otherwise called processes, tasks, and functions. So, it seems to me that TWs are needed most where there are function intensive products. Where more so than software? Biotechnology? Not on a large scale, unless you consider biotech software. Mechanical and electronic intensive products? Nope, mostly going to China.
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