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Subject:Re: plain vanilla tech writers From:Samuel Choy <schoy -at- us -dot- ibm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:48:10 -0500
Goober says:
Degree in the field or not, as a technical writer you
should be a SME with regard to your company's products
and market industry.
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Goober, you made a good point. You can correct me if this scenario isn't
accurate. But say, for example, a technical writer and a c++ programmer get
hired at a software company that creates accounting software. **Both** the
technical writer and the programmer, if they haven't already, need to get
acquainted with the accounting software, accounting principles, accounting
terminology, and probably accountants themselves. The writer doesn't
necessarily need to know the c++ code the programmer is writing to create
good documentation for the accounting software (thought that could be
helpful). But the writer will definitely need to learn about the software
and accounting to write good documentation. But the same is true for the
programmer. The programmer needs to know what the software does and how his
or her code fits within the software.
I have to leave a bit early. So if I don't reply to any rebuttals today,
it's because I'm watching the outstanding Rochester Honkers (the local
minor league baseball team) play!
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