Re: Has anyone noticed...

Subject: Re: Has anyone noticed...
From: "William Sherman" <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>
To: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:08:20 -0400

Btu when I first started technical writing, we did develop the information.

Today's tech writer is frequently more a reporter than a writer, especially a TECHNICAL writer. Back then, we had to be technically in tune with the product, we had to know it, we had to understand it, and we were the ones that provided a check and balance with the engineering staff, who frequently put mistakes in documentation.

The technical writer churned out of most colleges and universities today would never recognize a technical inaccuracy and pass it right on out to the customer.

We knew the product, we went to engineers for engineering changes, and we pulled it all in so that we were the only ones who had information from all points: each system, each engineer, each designer, each tester, and so on. We were the subject matter experts. Today in school, they teach that the engineers and the programmers are the SMEs and that tech writers simply interview them.



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On 6/13/2011 4:47 AM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
"Information Developer" -- ?

As a technical writer, you are not supposed to "develop" the information, but to convey it.

"Information Conveyer"?


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