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I can answer that specifically. Last spring I did a survey of 100 TW job
offers in the Silicon Valley. Of the 100, 65% required/requested
knowledge of FrameMaker, 46% HTML, 33% Word, 25% relational databases,
24% RoboHELP, 23% UNIX, 22% Acrobat, 19% Win NT, 15% Java, 13% Excel, and
11% Visio. Tied at 10% were SQL, C, Illustrator, and PDF.
My guess is that now there would be a significant increase in requests
for knowledge of XML.
Ann
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:06:28 -0800 (PST) Mike <techmail_mike -at- yahoo -dot- com>
writes:
> I think it's a safe bet to say that most tech writers
> are expected to have a good knowledge of Word,
> FrameMaker, and some sort of Help system.
>
> I'm interested to know what other types of
> software/hardware/systems you have been called on to
> have a knowledge of in your interviews/jobs.
>
> TIA,
> Mike
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