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Subject:RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 9 Aug 2006 07:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
> I agree, "when is it due?" is a pretty important question. But *my*
> first question is always, "Who's in charge here?"
Around here, the answer of who is incharge is written on the front
cover of the spec that is mandatory around here.
...yes, we DO have PRDs (product requirements documents) and DRSs
(documentation requirements specifications).
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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