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At 09:39 AM 7/8/98 -0500, Colleen Adams wrote:
>Anyone see the July 6th issue of Info World? There's an article called
>"Strong Writing Skills Essential for Success, Even in IT." (p.86)
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>Interestingly enough, it's under the "Enterprise Careers" section, but NO
>WHERE is there a mention of Technical Writing as a career... it only
>focuses on what they term "IT Professionals" where "Writing ability is
>especially important in customer communication. Business
>proposals...customer documentation, technical support... all depend on
>clear, written communication."
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>Anyone willing to send an editorial response back to the author of the
>article and enlighten her on the aspects of the technical writing
>industry??? ;)
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>Colleen Adams
>External Documentation Manager
>First DataBank Medi-Span, Inc.
>Indianapolis, IN
>colleen_adams -at- medispan -dot- com
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