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I enjoy the fact that my role allows me to 'get into' other areas of the
company (UI, product marketing and so on).
I enjoy the fact that as we work with 'information', in all facets, there is
scope for using cutting-edge tools.
I enjoy the fact that my job, my requirements, my tools, my processes, are
different from yours, and are different from previous jobs.
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Subject: Re: TECHWR-L Digest, Vol 17, Issue 30
Which gives rise to a real tech comm question. What is our specific piece
of the pie. Are we glorified typists, instructional designers, writing tool
jockeys? I have been watching quietly for several months and find most of
the discussions here to be matters of opinion regarding what's the latest
and greatest application out there that handles it all.
The technical writing Holy Grail, if you will.
Single-source, publishes to any media, handles images like a Kodachrome, and
washes my dishes after dinner.
Am I an inept dinosaur because I write instruction in Word, PDF it, and send
it off to the gateway publisher?
Sorry, I like my simple job of interviewing users and sme's, taking shots,
and writing in plain English (my language of choice). Is anyone else out
there actually happy to be a Tech Writer?
Chris
"If I object to a cell tower being installed on my front lawn, do we discuss
it here? After all, it is communication.
This isn't a bucket to discuss communications in any form. This is about
technical communications. Technical communications is a very specific piece
of the communications pie."
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