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Subject:Re: Getting customer reactions From:Vanessa Wilburn <vlwilburn -at- CPU -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:03:18 -0500
>I suggested to my boss that a representative from our documentation
>department should venture out into the field to talk . . .
>Who can tell me about companies that do send documentation people
>out into the field to talk to users?
I'm just starting to do documentation for software, but I will be going out
in the field to talk to the users about what they need. Because our company
is small, I will also be going out in the field to help design the interface
in addition to assessing documentation needs. So I will be really covering a
couple of bases with any visits with the clients.
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