RE: How we introduce our profession to others . . .

Subject: RE: How we introduce our profession to others . . .
From: "Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:35:00 +0100

Sharon Burton-Hardin wrote:
> I say "You
>know when you buy a product or software and it comes with a manual that is
>no help at all? We do that." Invariably, I get a chuckle and then someone
>asks if I can help them program their VCR or fix their computer problem.
>True! ;-)

Heh. Although my brother is the family's official computer nerd (owns his
own Linux server and reads Neal Stephenson) my entire family, *except* for
my brother, treat me as the official unhelpful-instructions translator. My
brother, OTOH, is a doctor, and is really good at making simple things sound
immensely complicated. You don't have a broken arm when he's around: you
have a Colles fracture of the radius.

Jane Carnall
"Go not to the technical writers for counsel, for they will tell you to
RTFM." (But I don't get to say that to my mother!)



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