RE: Another interview thread ...

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

You're right, Marguerite, and so am I. 
When I document things that don't exist there is, usually, a product 
spec of some sort, somewhere. 
I don't document things that are "just a gleam in a developer's eye" 
or just a marketing proposal on how wonderful it will be. I stay 
aware but I'm focused on things that are to be released any day now. 

Thanks, 
Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

-----Original Message-----
From: Marguerite Krupp [mailto:mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:38 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Another interview thread ...


Jim Shaeffer wrote:
<snip>
Of necessity, most technical writers do not focus on things that 
do not yet exist. There is not much need for us to document them. 
</snip>

Good heavens! I've spent my entire tech writing career documenting "things
that do not yet exist"! You mean there's something else???

Marguerite


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