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Subject:Re: âWhat we need is a developer who can write.â From:Marguerite <mkrupp128 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> Date:Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:25:09 -0400
Hey, I have no problem with programmers who can write. I do think it's a poor manager who's willing to pay an engineer's salary for tech writing job. Not that I wouldn't take it! Many engineers know HOW to write, but few know WHAT to write!
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> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:
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> Seen on the web: âWhat we need is a developer who can write.â
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> Letâs take it as a given that as technical writers, we can write.
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> To increase our value, we need to learn addition skills, such as a programming language.
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> What other skills do you all have?
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> Iâll go first. I know basic HTML. I have edited code. I can edit sound and image files. A few other things, too.
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> Cordially,
> Craig Cardimon | Senior Technical Writer
> Marketing Systems Group
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