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Subject:Re: Is this really a tech writing job? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:33:23 -0800
I agree with you that the job post originally commented on is not the
same as ads for writers with programming experience or engineering
degrees (particularly the latter, as I am a writer/ pubs manager with an
engineering degree!). However, the job ad that launched this thread
was indeed an ad for someone to do two jobs; they actually said so
in the ad. Just to clarify that little point. :)
Gene Kim-Eng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Sorry, you're dead wrong there.
>
> I have recently posted a couple of ads looking for tech writers with
> programming experience because the job is to document APIs and SDKs.
> If you can't walk the walk, you can't talk the talk. We need people
> who understand on a programmer level and who can communicate that
> information to other programmers as well as lesser technical people
> who, for one reason or another, now find they need to roll up their
> sleeves and hack in VB.NET.
>
> I don't want someone to both write and program as their job, but their
> writing job in this case is heavily reliant on their ability to
> program, as they'll need to construct, validate, and analyze sample
> code and sample applications.
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