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I've been reading the responses and don't have any disagreements with
the comments, but did want to add one thing. The original poster
mentions recruiting a "senior" technical writer. I would be interested
in what others think qualifies someone to be labeled a senior writer.
I once worked with a writer who had the title of senior technical writer
but who had less than five years writing technical documentation, and
had a hard time writing clearly, concisely, or consistently. I was told
this person's background was in creative writing. They had no formal
training in technical writing, and I personally think that should be a
criterion for a "senior" writer.
I would think a senior technical writer would also need to have at least
5-7 years of direct technical writing experience. Admittedly, not all
technical writing experience comes with the title of technical writer.
At least mine didn't. I spent several years documenting policies and
procedures and writing instructional or training documents without the
glory of the title but I still consider it technical writing.
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