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> Creating a style guide for tech writers is a good and a useful thing.
> For other departments? Your mileage will definitely vary. Generally
> I've found that developers tend to think that they rule the world
> (perhaps it's some of the old "programmer rock star" mentality that is
> hanging around) and they won't listen to a "lowly" technical writer.
> (When management beats them with a stick, it's different, however. :)
An approach that has worked for me, conceptually, with "my"
programmers and the house style guide:
"You guys use FAQs (Frequently Asked Question files, a staple of the
tech world) all the time, right? Well, think of this as a FAQ file
for writing."
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