RE: Software engineer tech. writers? Do they exist?

["Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC" <Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- Robins -dot- af -dot- mil>]

On 4-Sep-07 @12:18:00 PM Darren J Butler wrote:

Most people are blessed with more than one talent (Remember Bo
Jackson?). I've debated the finer points of Tech Documentation with a
few S/W Engineers and occasionally I'll run into one that actually knows
what he's talking about. The downside is that a few of them tend to have
a condescending attitude. They feel as if they can do your job better
than you are. The rest are great assets who can mediate betwixt you and
their fellow engineers. It's like being lost in a remote jungle then
finding a native who speaks your language, just happens to have a
two-way radio with him, and is carrying a sack of sandwiches. I consider
them demigods.


Blessings,
Darren
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Darren J. Butler
Sr. Technical Writer-Editor, Template Wrangler, Mil-Spec Pharisee
Integrated Data for Maintenance
NG Corp
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On Monday, September 03, 2007, Gary Schnabl wrote: 
 
> But most assuredly, there are a helluva lot more English majors than
those
> from engineering or the sciences doing tech writing.

The person I hired to replace me when I moved into more of a 
management role has a double E *and* she can write :)

Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help


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