Re: Friday: "we're working on a procedure for you right now"

["Poster" <Poster -at- aurora -dot- cotse -dot- net>]

Gene Kim-Eng said:
>http://www.webpronews.com/business/topbusiness/wpn-54-20050414GlobalSpecAwardsFirstGreatMomentsinEngineeringAwardToApollo13Engineers.html
>
> Unfortunately, this cannot be used as an example of *writer* value,
> because the individuals involved, including the guys who wrote the
> procedures, were all engineers (I've known a few of them over the
> years).  But it does come in handy any time I feel the need to
> respond to someone's assertion that "engineers can't write." :)

See, that's the value of technical writers, editors, help designers,
et al. We don't need a life-threatening disaster to produce excellent
documentation. :) In economic terms, it's all about comparative
advantage.

~Poster

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