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Re: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications
Subject:Re: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:08:25 -0700
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the working environment for technical writers is probably nowhere
near to being the worst problem you need to be concerned
about.
> Technical writers look at software from the user perspective, not a
> specialized technical skill (development, QA, PM) that manages aspects
> of the software. We're the only ones who look at the whole in terms of
> who is actually using it.
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