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Subject:Re: why are we doing this From:Stan Xhiao <mrlukeplease -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:59:49 PST
What was the question again?
>
>The recent discussion re. Anon's problem had me thinking. As a
publishing
>student who fell into tech writing by default, I am curious. What led
you
>people to do tech writing? What are the biggest satisfactions and
>motivators? Is the money really that good? What did you have to learn
>(school, field, self training, on the job) that was most useful and
>important in your work? What do you see in the future for this field?
What
>are the different categories of tech writing? Thanks.
>
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