RE: From TWer to QAer and tester

["Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I spent 3 months doing regression testing (did it used to work? Yes. Does it 
still work? Yes) to learn the application I would be documenting. Almost the 
most boring job I ever had. If I'm bored at work, I still get get flashbacks 
to construction sites I guarded with a Doberman, Bouvier de Flandres or 
German shepherd for 12 hours at a time (I thought I'd go for a 
non-traditional occupation for a while).

QA/UAT was Very Rewarding in the long term: the project managers would walk 
by the main tech writer (who came in at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays) to 
talk to me (Mon - Fri). And would walk back to him less quickly when I 
explained he'd be their contact for doc updates. I'd love to reproduce his 
resignation letter, but it was too sad. And too stoopid.

I was lucky enough to get basic test plans: I added to and updated them, and 
converted them to Word and a directory on the main server at the same time 
(got 'em off DCF).

Steve: what are "softies"??

Karen E. Black
Technical Writer
www.dhltd.com
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I'm pretty sure to make my mark.
If I'm in bed each night by ten,
I may get back my looks again.
If I abstain from fun and such,
I'll probably amount to much;
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn."
--Dorothy Parker

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