Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

Subject: Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken
From: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Michael West" <WestM -at- conwag -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 00:23:31 -0400

> I would not include the much larger, non-visible part of the software: that
> is clearly the domain of the engineers, programmers, etc.

I disagree. Software of any kind has one purpose, and that is to
communicate information to the user. Whether the coding goes into the
UI or the back end, it's all serving communication of information.

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