Re: Tech Writing Skills, College Degrees, Marketable Skills

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

"Goober Writer" <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote in message
news:213800 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 

> > Wow, I pretty much agree with Andrew (and Goober and
> > others). But one thing
> > is being overlooked here: what good is knowing your
> > subject well if you
> > don't know your users? You can be polished in your
> > writing skills and adept
> > at the technology you're documenting, but if you
> > don't know your audience,
> > their experience, their knowledge, their
> > comfortability, then the best
> > writing you could possibly do (even if it wins
> > awards) will go unused.
>
> As a tech writer, your subject knowledge should be
> padded with industry knowledge. You cannot write for
> an industry (and its user base) without knowing how
> they'll be using the thing you're writing about.
>
Knowledge of an industry, while useful, is not the same as knowledge of
users.

Chuck Martin



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