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Subject:Re: Techwriter Aptitude Test (A Daydream) From:Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 1997 07:35:01 -0600
M. Dannenberg wrote:
>
> One guy first takes out the instruction leaflet and reads it. After a
> while he's able to set the time correctly, adjust for time zones, set
> the alarm and switch between 12 and 24 hour display. Congratulations.
> You've found your technical writer.
Consider me unemployed, then. Despite my constant suggestions that no
support call should be answered until the user has RTFMed, I only read
documentation when I can't figure it out for myself then when I can't
find someone who knows and ask them. I guess that makes me something of
a hypocrite when it comes to being a technical writer.
--
Chris Hamilton, Senior Technical Writer
Greenbrier & Russel
847.330.4146 http://www.gr.com
chamilton -at- gr -dot- com
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