Re: Writers job description/definition

Subject: Re: Writers job description/definition
From: SB <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:34:52 +0200

Well, ironically, he is a software engineer converted to technical writing.



On 2/24/08, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> My experience a long time ago in the far, far away galaxy of
> aerospace was that the majority of technical writers were former
> engineers, many of whom could take one look at a wet-behind-
> the-ears engineer's description of a "new" design proposal and
> point him to the records for an almost identical attempt 20 years
> earlier that had produced a spectacular exploding rocket aerial
> lightshow, then tell him how the problem had eventually been
> fixed. The first time I ever met a tech writer who did not have a
> technical background was in the early 90's at my first "high tech"
> (semiconductor) company, and they hired me because their
> "non-technical technical writers" were failing to grasp the tech
> of their new product line.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon Burton" <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com>
> > In another galaxy far, far away, when most tech writers worked in places
> > like aerospace, apparently the engineers provided all or almost all of
> the
> > info and the writers edited it and made it look nice. (I'm not slamming
> any
> > one here, this is what I've been told by people who worked in the
> industry
> > for 30 or 40 years. YMMV)
>
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RE: Writers job description/definition: From: Sharon Burton
Re: Writers job description/definition: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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