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The other side of the coin (was He said...She said)
Subject:The other side of the coin (was He said...She said) From:Virginia Kathleen Eaton <soccer -at- bonzai -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:33:22 -0500
Does anyone out there have a boss that has strong views on the role of a technical writer? My boss
(the president of the company) thinks that a technical should not have any *significant*
programming, networking, etc skills. He believes that it the engineers' (SMEs) responsibility to
relay the information to the technical writer for organization and explaination. Also, any company
that rejects a candidate on the grounds of being technical enough is using that as an excuse. When
I pointed out how the job reqs read and what this and other boards say, his reply was "I don't think
so."
Now, there goes my argument for taking programming classes... :)
FYI, I work in the DC Metro area.
Ginny
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