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

[Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com>]

Morgan L wrote:
> 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?

Data structures: not so much.   But a tech writer who works with 
programming languages these days had better know their way around 
object-oriented programming concepts.  Introductory programming will 
give you that.

Laura
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