Re: Guess what: we suck!

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Companies developing products usually get the manuals
they pay for and are willing to work on.  "Raising the bar"
has a nice sound, but "the bar" usually is set right where 
those who have the decision making and spending 
power to move it are satisfied to have it.  

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> I don't think the solution is to stop hiring technical writers, but
> maybe it is to raise the bar on technical writer standards and the
> struggle to get information from SMEs. 

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