RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Well, I never took a "basic intro to tech writing class," so maybe I'm
missing something. But shouldn't they teach you to *find out* the level
that's appropriate for what you're writing, instead of teaching you what
that level is?

Actually, that's always my second question about any documentation:
"Who's going to read or use this?"

-- Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Schmidt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:28 AM
> To: John Posada; Peter Neilson
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> Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
> 
> I never said writing LIKE a novice.... I said writing TO a 
> novice... Something we have a lot of in our audiences. If 
> you remember your basic intro to tech writing classes, 
> they tell you to write at about a 6th grade level.
> 

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