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Re: Cooperative Programmers: (Was: Documents Before Products)
Subject:Re: Cooperative Programmers: (Was: Documents Before Products) From:David C Mason <dcm -at- KPCO -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:40:42 +0000
> BTW, in both cases I told the programmers that my primary job was to
> document the program, not determine how it should work. But if I felt
> I could contribute to the usability or interface design, I gave my
> opinion.
>
> Anybody else encountered this situation?
>
I had a very similar experience in which I made off-the-cuff comments about
interface to a manager while on a contract job. I was then hired to do
tech-writing AND interface design. I think it behooves us to use our
expertise in the flow of work to help out programmers.
David Mason
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