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RE: New poll question? (Was Re: Pinsky poem in the Atlantic "Jar of Pens")
Subject:RE: New poll question? (Was Re: Pinsky poem in the Atlantic "Jar of Pens") From:"Rock, Megan" <Megan -dot- Rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 16 May 2002 13:14:56 -0400
>As a technical writer, do people (coworkers, customers,
>internal users, anyone) look to you as an expert on the
>product you document? To what extent, and in what circumstances?
Not usually an expert. Usually a novice when the product is first being
developed. Then, as I document it, I gain familiarity, but I'm never the
expert.
>In your current job as a technical writer, what are you
>considered (by others) to be a Subject Matter Expert of?
Our XML authoring tools, grammer and punctuation, organizing info in a
logical and useable way, doing searches and finding stuff on the 'net.
Megan Rock
Technical Writer
FANUC Robotics North America, INC.
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