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Subject:RE: are techwriters valid any more From:"Bowes, Rebecca" <Rebecca-Bowes -at- IDEXX -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:09:38 +0000
I'd say tech writing is still very relevant, but I find I write different things now. When I started, I wrote NEW manuals from scratch for large new software programs.
Now I update existing doc sets, for programs that have been around for years. And most of my work doesn't involve manuals at all--it's small help systems, marketing materials, quick ref guides, requirements, product inserts, system messages, etc, etc.
Still plenty of writing, but I miss the books. And I miss the luxury of being given a YEAR to write one :).
Rebecca
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