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On Wed, 24 May 2000 14:52:44 +0530, eddy_skau -at- mailcity -dot- com ("Edwin Skau")
wrote:
>So a second-rate programmer can be a first-rate writer eh? Do you blame the
>engineers for sharing your opinion?
>
Second-rate programmers certainly can be first-rate writers. The best tech
writer I have ever met was a failed programmer; this doesn't mean all failed
programmers can become great writers.
Similarly, I have another friend, who started as a writer at the same time I
did, and was pretty good. He turned to the dark side and became a first-rate
programmer; this doesn't mean all good writers can become good programmers.
John Fulton
--
Business Integration Technologies Ltd.
Stoke Bruerne
Northampton
Email: john -dot- fulton -at- enterprisemodeller -dot- com http://www.enterprisemodeller.com
