Re: Patronizing - and it was RE: Out of Work Tech Writers

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Is this just a trait of people who are, or want to be, technical
> writers?
> 
> Or a conditioned reflex that develops over time from doing a job
> where we
> are "constantly" expected to explain in simple terms exactly what
> people should do - whether the task be simple or complex?

In my previous career in corporate sales and before I considered
moving to tech writing, my boss made a comment one day to someone
else that "if you ask John what time it is, he'll tell you how to
build a watch".

Is this what you mean? :-)

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