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RE: Have to know Programming to be able to write about it? -- NO
Subject:RE: Have to know Programming to be able to write about it? -- NO From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:29:53 -0500
OK...a poll.
If you have SME level knowledge in any subject and are a technical writer
about that subject, raise your hand.
It's absurd to say that because you are a Subject Matter Expert (SME), that
you probably aren't a good writer.
A SME is a classification of knowledge level...not a classification of
position...it just turns out that we deal with SMEs who know specific things
that we might not.
>communicator. SMEs are rarely capable of, or interested in, doing that.
>Business analysts and systems analysts perform similar functions within
>their spheres of expertise -- bridging users and technology.
There are lots of SMEs who are good writers. I happen to be a SME in
microfilm technology. I wrote about it for 18 years. With no additional
input, I can write anything you want on microfilming the records of a
complete Fortune 500 corporation. It's not my fault that there isn't a big
need for that knowledge anymore...but that doesn't change the fact that I am
and I can write about it well.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
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