Re: What to do?

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

"Anameier, Christine A - Eagan, MN" <christine -dot- a -dot- anameier -at- usps -dot- gov> wrote in
message news:217882 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
> This is a very good point. I always cringe when someone suggests
> teaching an in-house writing class for engineers/developers. Are they
> going to teach you engineering next?

If you've not already been taught significantly and comprehensively in
engineering disciplines, then how can you lay claim to the "technical" in
"technical writer?"


> We're the writers; they're not.

Actually, we all are. We write in different languages.

Thing is, I know how to use the English language at least as well as
programmers know how to use the C or SQL or Lisp or whatever language, and I
probably know how to properly use C or Visual Basic or SQL at least as well
(and perhaps better) than many programmers know how to properly use English.

Chuck Martin



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