Re: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.

[Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>]

<delurking>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >A person whose training is geared too much toward liberal arts or a
> >technical field is not going to be a great technical writer.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> I've worked with non-technical technical writers who wrote deathless
> prose but who couldn't get behind the GUI and couldn't write a clear,
> concise procedure to save their lives...

Yep ;-)

> I've worked with technical technical writers who understood every line
> of code, but couldn't get in front of the GUI and couldn't write a
> clear, concise procedure to save their lives...

Yep ;-)

> The technical writers I've admired most seem to balance concrete
> technical knowledge and the ability to communicate clearly and
> concisely.

Amen A, amen.

I am the liberal arts type of sorts... difference:
Got my MS in Human Resource Development (military,
stand-up and procedural guides) plus I have
job experience working with techies/programmers,
took CS courses, and am married to Dilbert.

So yep, this person is totally correct.
It takes both lib. *and* straight tech.
formal/informal OJT/training.

Wommman is good. I always pay attention
to her posts big time. ;-)

</delurking>

Pat Gantt
pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net

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