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Subject:Re: Technical Writers per Developer From:Richard Lippincott <rlippinc -at- BEV -dot- ETN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Jan 1995 08:43:02 EST
Answering the question on the ratio of developers to tech writers, at Eaton
we've got about twelve developers, and 1 1/2 tech writers. (Actually there
are three writers. I do software documentation, one does hardware documentation
only, and the third does half hardware and half software.)
Rick Lippincott
Eaton Semiconductor
Beverly, MA
rlippinc -at- bev -dot- etn -dot- com
