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Subject:RE: Alone from the start From:"Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:27:42 -0000
>So it appears that a number of people have been hired
>as first-time tech writers into situations where
>they'd be working on their own. What would lead a
>manager to take on a first-timer and have them work solo?
IMO? Money. A first-time technical writer, especially if a recent graduate,
will work for peanuts. (Or in my case, this being Scotland, turnips.) Of
course, the results could be very, very, um, you pay peanuts you get
monkeys... but then a lot of managers have the idea that documentation is an
add-on extra, unimportant, no one reads it - so hire a TW as cheap as you
can and don't worry about their lack of experience.
Jane Carnall
The writers all stand around a cauldron chanting and occasionally tossing in
a small rodent.
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