TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
I don't think I'm having a particularly bad day or got up on the wrong side of
the bed, but there has been a recurring theme in a hiring thread that offends
me. Perhaps it is because I am ex-military, though that was long ago. But I
find the generic stereotyping of ex-military types, particularly those someone
may have hired as Technical Writers, as inflexible, patronizing, and unable to
write coherently as patently biased and personally offensive.
How would you like it if I said that all Liberal Arts Majors were air-headed
ditzes who obsess about type faces? That's a ridiculous claim to make, of
course. (I could have made worse stereotypical statements.)
If you, or your company, have hired people who didn't work out, don't blame
their background. If you need to assign blame, assigning to those who made the
hiring decision.
And, though it's not my list, I would ask, politely but pointedly, that you
knock it off with the stereotypes.
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available 4/30/01 at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
Sponsored by DigiPub Solutions Corp, producers of PDF 2001 Conference East,
June 4-6, Baltimore, MD. Now covering Acrobat 5. Early registration deadline
April 27. http://www.pdfconference.com.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
