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Well, I'm writing to on-air news and weather types. Perhaps I DO need
to.. Uh,, never mind. ;-)
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On Behalf Of John Posada
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:45 AM
To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
Yeah, I know...I'm writing UNIX network root cause anaysis documentation
and I'm going to write for a sixth grader?
--- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> 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?"
My first question? When is it due.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never
actually known what the question is."
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