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Subject:Re: Breaking into Technical Writing From:Jon Leer <jleer -at- LTC -dot- MV -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:32:24 -0400
Mike Huber wrote:
>
> There is a lot more to technical writing than HTML and page design.
>
> I don't think you can learn the core of this profession - extracting
> information from a variety of sources and turning it into something
> comprehensible - by reading about it. It takes other people, either in a
> classroom or on the job.
>
Let's hope the employers think so too. Otherwise, degreed TWs will be
replaced by less-costly newbies.
