Re: New poll question?

Subject: Re: New poll question?
From: "Lutey Amanda L" <LuteyAmandaL -at- JohnDeere -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:21:02 -0500


>From: "Deborah S. Ray" <debray -at- raycomm -dot- com>
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:31:24 -0600
Dick Margulis wrote:

>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?

At my former job, I set out to learn as much as I could about the products I
wrote for. We kept extra stock of all our documentation at the warehouse
across from my office, so I wandered over and grabbed two of everything
written about my product and set up a library for myself. Soon I had
engineers and field service reps stopping at my desk with questions about
the manuals.

>In your current job as a technical writer, what are you
>considered (by others) to be a Subject Matter Expert of?

Somehow I have become the resident guru for Paint Shop Pro, which is rather
scary, as I'm just learning to use it myself. My supervisor has asked me to
put together a two hour training course to give to my department in August.


-Amanda


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