Re: plain vanilla tech writers
I don't understand how you can be a "plain vanilla"
technical writer and NOT be a recent college grad.
Contractors often work in different technologies, and with different products. It's hard to be an expert in that case.
I'm not sure I'd call it "plain Vanilla", but it's hard to be an SME if you spend six months with NAS products, eight months on SANs, and three months editing IT reports, all for different companies. I'm certainly *familiar* with these technologies - and with others which often dovetail in unique ways, but I'm no SME.
I will admit to having a ton of the "For Dummies" books on my shelf... useful for coming up to speed in a newer contract.
-joanne
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