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Subject:Re: What does a techwriter do? From:LaVonna Funkhouser <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Sep 1994 08:44:55 -0500
A similar story:
A coworker told me recently that her grandmother is certain that
she (the tech writer) must be a secretary because she uses a
computer. She asks Melanie, "Do you have to take dictation for
your bosses?" although Mel has tried to explain that she writes
books about equipment. Oh well. It seems the same grandmother
thinks Mel's husband (a chemist at a petroleum well servicing
research center) works on oil rigs.
LaVonna
lffunkhouser -at- halnet -dot- com
Back from the wilderness of New Mexico
