RE: Product adeptness (was: new poll)

["Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au>]

<Puts tongue firmly in cheek>

One should consider working for a company producing document-based products
then <vbg, or is it a sss (self-satisfied smirk)>

lol!


Steve Hudson
Lead Technical Writer
Wright Technologies (Aus)
steve -at- www -dot- wright -dot- com -dot- au
(612) 9518-1822
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-----Original Message-----
From: Swallow,William

::  How skilled are you, as a technical writer, in using
::  the product you are currently writing about?

Lots of factors to consider here. I'm about 2 months in on the job, working
with an extremely complex product suite, writing to an admin level, and in a
relatively new industry for me. Even though I make it a point to get inside
the products I document and really determine how these puppies work, I'd
classify myself as a beginner in the technology. This has its plusses and
minuses... On the plus, if I don't understand something, it gets answered
and documented accordingly (nothing left to assume on the user end). On the
minus, ramp up time cuts into productivity.


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