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Subject:Re: Prospective Tech Writer needs Help in Atlanta From:"Lisa Wright" <liwright -at- qwest -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:09:47 -0700
Tasha,
I am currently in the process of interviewing writers for a junior TW
position (Denver, sorry), and a couple of days ago I interviewed someone
directly out of college. English major, clearly really wants to be a
creative writer, but she said she had a minor in TW from her school.
But when I asked her to talk about her knowledge of technical writing,
all I got was that she knew how to use tools and had spent a lot of time
learning HTML. Nothing about understanding what technical writing is all
about. (Including the fact that she didn't want to have a boss who
nit-picked about silly things like commas. Bothersome things, commas.)
This piece of advice has more to do with presenting yourself as opposed
to your work: be able to articulate what you think technical writing is
about. I might have given that entry-level writer a chance if she'd
shown a glimmer of understanding. As it is, I don't have time to do what
her college should have done. And I'm actually following up with her
college to see if they really do offer a TW minor and, if they do, what
it actually covers. If it's only tools then they're doing their
graduates a major disservice, I think.
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