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Re: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
Subject:Re: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication From:Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:20:57 -0700 (PDT)
That's another reason we shouldn't be considered real engineers. We don't get to blow s**t up.
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From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Cc: Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>; "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
And you think that engineers have formulas that provide repeatable, valid results for estimating the progress of design projects? Costs? Whether the darned thing is going to work the first time?
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
When we finally come up with a formula that provides repeatable valid results for estimating minutes per page to create a help system, then we can call ourselves engineers.
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