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"Dianne Blake" <write-it -at- home -dot- com> wrote in message news:43608 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> I found this listing for a technial writer on a Job Fair web URL. This
> is the kind of listing that makes me crazy as a technical writer.
Apart from being poorly written, this ad seems fine to me. They're asking for
somebody with a 2 year degree, 6 months experience, and exposure to web
technologies and Oracle databases. I highly doubt they expect somebody to be an
Oracle programmer to fulfill this job. Just because an ad says Oracle does not
mean they expect you to know EVERYTHING about Oracle systems.
A good jr. to mid-Level writer in the software industry should have some HTML
experience and exposure to relational databases and web servers. Clearly
they're not looking for a tool-monkey, but a more well-rounded candidate who
knows some technologies. Its too bad more companies don't demand this of their
writers. It would get rid of a lot of tool tyrants in the profession.
Andrew Plato
Cat Monkey
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