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Subject:RE: waking up to the world of Technical Writing From:"John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:06:50 -0400
From: Mark Baker [mailto:listsub -at- analecta -dot- com] <snip> I don't know why
you think that a technical writer is fortunate to get to do someone
else's job instead of his own. I have never understood the self-loathing
of this profession. But if the intrusion of bored technical writers into
the UI design process leads to more of this sort of thing then I say,
stick to writing books. At least with a book I can put it on a shelf out
of my way.
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Boredom? What's that got to do with anything...I like what I do and
picked this as a second career...I didn't fall into it nor am I hanging
around until something better comes along.
I see it as part of technical writing...along with Project Management,
Business Process Analysis, technologies such as UML and XML, as well as
a slew of other things.
All of these things aren't in addition to technical writing...they are
necessary for better technical writing.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Isogon Corporation http://www.isogon.com
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