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Re: Beginning as a Tech Writer in Telecommunications
Subject:Re: Beginning as a Tech Writer in Telecommunications From:"Lois Patterson" <lois -at- dowco -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:39:41 -0800
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Re: Beginning as a Tech Writer in Telecommunications
Date:
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:34:43 -0800
From:
lois -at- dowco -dot- com
To:
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Look at the New McGraw-Hill Telecom Factbook, (c) 2000.
Become totally conversant with the company's web site (the one where he
is interviewing), and also those of partners, customers, and
competitors. http://www.iec.org has some resources, as do numerous other sites.
Read some business magazine articles to get an idea of the industry.
Lois Patterson
"Peter Shea (USF)" <pshea2 -at- luna -dot- cas -dot- usf -dot- edu> wrote in message
> A friend of mine has been interviewed by a big telecommunications company
> for a potential tech writing job.
>
> While he has writing, HTML, and RoboHelp skills, he has never worked the
> telecommunications industry and is feeling uncertain.
>
> He has another interview with this company in a few weeks. Is there any
> advice that anyone can offer? Any texts or introductions to
> telecommunications that my friend could peruse to shore up his
> understanding of the industry and the technology he would be expected to
> write about?
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