Re: Interesting Article... fewest jobs lost in Tech Writing

["M Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk>]

Dan Hall wrote
>
> Frankly, this "writer-centric" view of business
> always confounds me. Companies are in business to
> make money, not to pay writer's salaries. If they
> don't have a product, they go out of business.
>
> Seems pretty simple to me - it's more important
> to have someone create the product than document
> it. In fact, if no one creates it, how can it be
> documented? Few companies are in business to sell
> (only) the docs.

Ah, but docs are part of the product as much as the GUI is. We only stand
out as targets because, as specialists, we appear to be divisible from the
rest of the team creating the wealth {and because everybody else thinks they
could do our job :) }

Not having proper documentation is like not bothering with a proper
interface and expecting the customers to use command line instead.
M




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