Re: Technical Documentation for the financial sectors

[Martin Bosworth <martinhbosworth -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:41:06 -0500, Kathrin Schlipf
<kathrin_schlipf -at- yahoo -dot- de> wrote:
> 
> I heard so many of you talking about Sarbanes-Oxley being a growth area for
> tech writing because financial systems used by public companies must be
> documented.
> Maybe you can answer the questions I have about technical writing for the
> financial sector?

I'm extremely interested in this as well. On the surface, writing
process documentation for banking compliance seems to be the model
definition of "boring". But particularly given the recent rash of
scandals involving LACK of proper financial data tracking
(ChoicePoint' identity hijackings, Bank of America losing data tapes,
etc.), there's definitely potential for both career growth and
producing something of lasting value.

It's a new field for me, and the more I can learn about it, the
better. Being able to produce documentation on how a bank's financial
models work--and have the average citizen not scratch their head--is
more essential than ever.

Martin Bosworth 

P.S. Cassandra, I think I got it right this time. :)

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