Re: Am I qualified to be a Technical Writer based on my knowledge ---?

Subject: Re: Am I qualified to be a Technical Writer based on my knowledge ---?
From: "Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:32:49 -0700


Paul DuBois took issue with this Platonism:

> "You want people to believe that ignorance is an asset to technical
> writers. And you're wrong."
>
> Sure. Had anyone actually argued that ignorance is an *asset*,
> they'd be wrong. I'm not sure that anyone actually stated that, though.

Well, Andrew was responding to a message from John, who said in part:

> A little knowledge is a dangerous thing! The closer you are to the coal
> face, the less you can see. Having software development or any expertise
> can (NOTICE not will!) put you in the position of making assumptions based
> on your knowledge that could leave your reader stranded. You have to have
> the ability to forget what you know and write objectively on what you see
in
> front of you.

Let's see: "Having...expertise...could leave your reader stranded. You have
to...forget what you know..."

Sounds like arguing that ignorance is an asset to me.

But I'm not an expert... ;-)

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT freeDASHmarketDOTnet
303-777-0436
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