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Subject:Re: Testing: The Final Word From:RoseCrowe <ncrowe -at- PRIMENET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 1995 12:05:25 -0700
On Wed, 8 Mar 1995, Robert Plamondon wrote:
> But did they write any of it? Many of the "writers" who have come
> my way have never actually written anything. I'm still astonished by
> this. Large segments of the industry don't expect writers to do anything
> but make engineer-written documents prettier. I find this incomprehensible,
> horrifying, and embarrassing. I thought that the concept of "writers
> write" was something that anyone could grasp. But it ain't so.
I'm with you, Robert. In fact, I've had jobs where my manager
was *astonished* to find out I could *write* documentation, rather
than just pretty it up. I'm won some big fans by proving it, too.
But I had to beg for the chance first! Wierd, huh?
Rosie (NorthCrowe)
ncrowe -at- primenet -dot- com
rwilc -at- fast -dot- dot -dot- state -dot- az -dot- us
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