Re: Tech-Writers

["Kulis, Carene" <Carene -dot- Kulis -at- USA -dot- XEROX -dot- COM>]

Wow! I think you just stated the exact opposite of how I portray myself as a
Technical Writer!

Carene Kulis
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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Reuven Frank [mailto:reuven -at- E-AND-C -dot- COM]
                Sent:   Tuesday, August 11, 1998 1:10 PM
                To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
                Subject:        Tech-Writers

                Dear All
                                        Cross-posted to Tech-WR-L &
Tech-Shoret

                A great deal has been said, PARTICULARLY today, about
technical writing, =
                but very little has been said about what a technical writER
actually is.

                The following sign is posted above my desk, to facilitate
interaction =
                between the mere Earthlings that work in my office and
myself.:

                Technical Writers
                A Technical-Writer is a person who ALWAYS looks (and
sometimes smells), =
                like a shower and shampoo are needed ASAP.  Technical
Writers are =
                notoriously known for sitting by their computer screens and
talking to =
                themselves (constantly), while mumbling statements such as:
"No, that =
                won't work," and "Phew, does this piece need heavy editing!"
                Always remember that all Technical-Writers are crazy
(certifiably.)  =
                Some less and some more so; but, demented just the same.
                Let's use a scale from fifty to one-hundred (NO
Technical-Writer is less =
                than a Fifty.)  One-hundred is some poor schnook sitting in
front of a =
                "virtual" computer" clanging out "virtual" files for
"virtual" customers =
                day after day.  I would say that I rank about a seventy-five
(75).
                Please bear this in mind when "interfacing" with me.
                Thank you very much,
                Reuven Frank
                Technical Documentation


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