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Should our resumes include software information and all the accompanying
acronyms? Mine currently emphasizes the *kinds* of things I've written,
e.g., a user manual for Company B, a video script for Company D, rather
than the tools I used to do the job.
Since I started out with a great deal of hardware/software experience, and
no degree in tech writing, I found it helpful to list all the packages I could
use and all the platforms and OS's I was familiar with. It got me *IN* to
several interviews
I wouldn't have had otherwise.
It depends a lot on your experience and your competition, I think.
