Re: More about the changes coming to tech writing
I wonder what your brother's opinionated friend thinks now.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Burnfield
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:14 PM
To: Techwr-l
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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