Re: Curious about what you do

[Beth Westbrook <dew -at- austin -dot- rr -dot- com>]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:55:27 -0500 (EST), chix linux
<linux_chix -at- yahoo -dot- ca>  wrote:

>From reading your posts I gather
>that most of you document software. Is this correct?
>The reason I ask is that I haven't seen anyone post
>about writing a slam-dunk owner's manual for a toaster
>oven or an operator's guide for an Acme SuperDuper
>what-ch-ma-call-it. Do these types of tech writing
>gigs exist?

Right now, all I'm writing are resumes and cover letters.  At my most
previous job, I did write software documentation, but before that I
was a hardware writer.  It wasn't, however, anything as small as a
toaster.  I wrote (as part of a team) manuals for 2.5 and 5-ton
military trucks.


-Beth Westbrook

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