Re: The "Perfect" Course of Study for a Technical Writer

[Morgan L <morganlandry -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Karen wrote:
> I was thinking what the "perfect" technical writing degree would 
> consist of so that students would be the most marketable post-college. 
<snip>

> * Introductory Programming (C++, Java, etc)
>   

What do you mean by "introductory programming"? I did fine when loops, 
if-then statements, and basic recursion were all covered in my classes, 
but I couldn't wrap my mind around data structures such as linked lists, 
heaps, trees, stacks, and so forth. Do I need to understand data 
structures to be a successful technical writer?

Thanks,
Morgan
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