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Subject:RE: Non-English tech writer From:"Humphries, Ola" <Ola -dot- Humphries -at- Energy -dot- Sungard -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:38:38 -0600
By the wave of the future I meant that more new hires will lack high
proficiency in the language itself and will need coaching in that area.
Certainly it's not the hiring of incompetents. It used to be that many young
writers had great writing skills but were weak in the technical end or
lacked analytical abilities and interests.
Outsourcing is here to stay, at least at my company. Native speakers and
writers will be called upon to fulfill the role of editor/teacher for many
of these people, as a part of on-the-job training. Our job is being
redefined. In fact, this has given me a new idea for how to sell myself in
my next career.
Ola Humphries * Technical Writer * SunGard * Energy Solutions * 1221 Lamar,
Suite 950, Houston, TX, 77010 *
Tel Office 713-210-8291 * Home 713-864-1553 * Fax 713-210-8004 *
www.sungard.com/energy
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From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:20 PM
To: Humphries, Ola; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Non-English tech writer
> We all like him and I guess we'll just coach him
> along. That's the wave of the future.
Where did you hear that hiring people who cannot do the job is the
wave of the future?
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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