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Subject:RE: More about the changes coming to tech writing From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Stuart Burnfield' <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>, 'Techwr-l' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 May 2014 11:23:24 +0000
I wonder what your brother's opinionated friend thinks now.
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Subject: Re: More about the changes coming to tech writing
If it's any comfort, my brother's opinionated friend told me I was absolutely wasting my time completing a programming degree, because by the time I graduated there would be no more need for computer programmers. This was in 1982.
--- Stuart
Rick Lippincott said:
> I've said this before, I'll say it again: Our job description in
three words is
> "We explain things." People will always need explanations. It's as
simple as
> that. The method and media may change, but then that's happened
before.
>
> So, as Douglas Adams would say: "Don't panic!"
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