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Subject:Re: Non-technical, Technical Writers From:Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Thu, 7 May 1998 09:07:17 +0100
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> knowledge as an end in itself, in a time when knowledge changes all the
time.>
I agree totally that inquisitiveness, ability to learn etc is VERY
important but I feel that a good BASIC knowledge of a topic is essential to
documenting anything. I've never worked on a job where there was the time
luxury to learn everything from scratch. It CAN be done but is isn't easy
and, as I've said, there usually isn't the time.
