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RE: Question about expanding the role of technical writers
Subject:RE: Question about expanding the role of technical writers From:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>, "'TechWhirl (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 6 Dec 2015 09:15:28 +0000
How-to videos are now considered hard-core tech writing ;)
As for other areas: intranet content manager, tool expert (tech-writing related tools including templates), editor and instructor (training employees how to write good docs), HW and SW expert (inventory, licenses, upgrades), business process manager, specs developer.
Erika
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