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Subject:RE: New Hires From:bdoonan -at- coreco -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 6 Jan 2000 09:07:11 -0500
People will cease to own a development project from
beginning to end. Technical communication departments will be staffed by
specialists in a number of different areas who will attend and manage a
central information repository.
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Speaking selfishly, and being a lone tech writer, if tech writing becomes a
field where people specialize in specific elements of a project I'm
splitting. That's what I love about the job. I'm a producer; I get to be
involved in all aspects of documentation production. If I wanted to sit at
a desk and specialize in one thing I would have become an engineer...they
get more money anyway.
