RE: Tech writer as "user"

Subject: RE: Tech writer as "user"
From: "Leigh Price" <lprice -at- kiva -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:49:12 -0500


>>I suggest that aspiring tech writers spend more time learning calculus,
>>programming--and any other tech subject they can handle...

I'm a newbie to the list--a lurker until now. Lately I've seen a few posts
that seem to imply that a future in technical writing requires possessing
"hard" technical skills (e.g., programming). I do not have any further
advice to offer along these lines, only a link to an opinion piece by Bob
Lewis in InfoWorld regarding IT careers:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/07/15/020715opsurvival.xml.

>>There are any number of English majors with topnotch secretarial skills
who
>>can perform such work for a modest salary and do so quite happily...

>>There are endless legions of Journalism and English majors
>>to fill those positions, as an alternative to working at Wendy's.

OUCH! Please consider your audience.

Leigh Price



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