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Re: Which class

Subject: Re: Which class
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:14:16 -0700


Erica Sullivan wrote:


Okay, this is going to sound like an oxymoron but I'm a Tech Writer not really interested in programming languages. I like technology but not the inside of the box. Anyway, I know I need to add to my resume. So, in my available downtime, I'd like to take a class. Which do you recommend, which is more marketable, and which is easiest for someone who doesn't like programming languages:

Probably Visual Basic.Some programmers like to dismiss it as not really a programming language at all.

However, have you considered enhancing your skills in some other area? Knowledge of usability and interface design or typography are both skills that can be useful to a tech-writer - and would be more likely to appeal to someone "who doesn't like programming languages."

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