RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question

[Christi Carew <ccarew -at- rangestar -dot- com>]

> How skilled are you, as a technical writer, in using 
> the product you are currently writing about?
> 
> * I know only the minimum about using the product
> * I am a competent beginner in using the product
> * I am moderately skilled in using the product
> * I am a proficient user of the product
> * I am an expert in using the product
> * Other/none of the above

This was a hard one for me to choose. Right now I'm writing about hardware.
And it's service as much as a product. I didn't study hardware in college,
and I've been learning more each day about how the innards work. So I picked
competent beginner.
But at a previous job, I moved from tech support (the lead support for
Software A) to tech writer. I was the end-all knowledge base of info-- from
bugs to features to "how to's".

I've been just about every where in between those two situations. I think
one thing I like about starting a new job is that I'm usually not the
end-all knowledge base of info, so I get to learn. I think tech writing is
partly my way of being a perpetual student, but getting paid for it.

Christi Carew

Product Marketing Documentation Specialist
ccarew -at- rangestar -dot- com

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