Re: Guess what: we suck!

Subject: Re: Guess what: we suck!
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:59:13 -0700

Companies developing products usually get the manuals
they pay for and are willing to work on. "Raising the bar"
has a nice sound, but "the bar" usually is set right where
those who have the decision making and spending
power to move it are satisfied to have it.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> I don't think the solution is to stop hiring technical writers, but
> maybe it is to raise the bar on technical writer standards and the
> struggle to get information from SMEs.

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