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Ah, in response to:
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> > What would you have us do? Go back to Beowulf?
> >
> Why not? We could hang around the mead hall, boast of our latest
> technical conquests, maybe slay a few wyverns from the marketing
> department...
>
> Or do we have to slay them first, THEN boast?
Yeah, we could all go back to Beowulf, but think about how
cramped the job market would be. I mean, how much
background does a tech writer need to write an operator's
manual for a sword? And after we'd written the sword
manual, what would be left? How to build a torch? And by
the way, who all could read any of the manuals we'd write
anyhow? And about payment, I really don't want to get
three goats, a chicken, and two sheep for a year's work on
a user's manual.
