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>The point was that in the business IT market for tech writers, domain
>knowledge (or lack of it) should not necessarily be a trap, or a barrier to
>entry.
Absolutely correct. However, it should be based on the dedication to learn
the technology once there. There are too many writers who take the approach
"I'm a technical writer, not a DBA. So why should I understand how SQL,
databases, database replication, and database backup and restore actually
work?"
>Oh, and by the way, as a rhetorical device "huh?" is a
>little over the top (although it was cute when it was
>young)... the only proper response to "Huh?" is "Duhhhh..."
I once started a gig where on the first day, I and 25 reps, all company
veterans except me, from 25 different corporate systems were holed up in a
hotel "war room" for 14 hours each day, to define and reengineer an
enterprise-wide system. For the first three days, I'm sure they thought that
the only word I knew was "Huh?
John Posada
Information Hunter-Gatherer
Special Projects; Information Technology
Barnes&Noble.com
NY: 212-414-6656
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