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Peter wrote:
> But good tech writers don't have egos.
...in an ideal technical writer world, maybe. One consistent refrain I've
encountered with managers and in interviews for many years is the topic of
tech writers egos. I've worked on several teams with some super-sized TW
egos. The operative verbs aren't "don't have" but should be "shouldn't
have."
One manager for a software company in Kirkland, WA, told me she had decided
not to hire anymore technical writers because of the problems she'd had with
them, their writing, and their egos. I've wondered if our perception of
ourselves as TW is vastly different from the perspective of our co-workers.
I haven't seen any studies or much discussion on this topic.
Diane
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