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Subject:Re: TW's and QA managers From:figmo -at- rahul -dot- net (Lynn Gold) To:winday -at- home -dot- com Date:Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:56:49 -0800 (PST)
Win Day wrote:
>
>At 01:16 PM 3/29/00 -0600, Charter, Tara M. wrote:
>>Following the topic of ratios. 1TW : 2 QA analysts : 7 programmers
>>
>>Do you work for a QA manager? What is your supervisor's title? I would like
>>to know if I'm the only technical writer under the wing of a QA manager
>>(even though I don't work on QA issues).
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>
>That's where I am on this contract. I'm writing part of an FDA submission
>for a medical device -- I'm writing the hardware portion, and other writers
>are handling the chemistry and software sections. I'm the only one who
>reports to a QA director, though.
I worked for a QA manager at my last job and it was HELL. She was
constantly trying to rope me into testing software when she refused to do
so herself, and she understood diddlysquat about tech writing. For
example, she complained when I insisted on putting together an outline for
a book I was going to write. "What do you need an outline for? Aren't you
senior enough that you know how to write a book without an outline?"
