Re: Techwriting after the boom

[DaLy <swiggles247 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

------ Mark Baker wrote:

>"Technical writing jobs exist largely where there is
a cognitive gap between the supplier and the recipient
of information. That gap always exists, but it
represents a small percentage of all the communication
on technical subjects that goes on in the world. That
percentage was blown way out of proportion in the
microprocessor revolution)." 
------

It appears to me that from Mark's original post and
several of the replies that followed, Technical
Writing/Documentation is being squished into the "High
Tech" two-by-four foot box. Every industry/business
requires some kind of technical documentation. 

In the mid 70's, I was writing CEU courses for (allied
health) co-workers. In the early 80's I revising IRS
auditor behavior policies. In the 1990's, I was
writing ISO 9002 Quality plans. I could go on and on
(and on) but won't, as I have made my point. 

Technical writing existed before the "microprocessor
revolution" and will continue to exist. The only
difference that I have noticed is that now Technical
Writing is a separate entity. Back then, for me,
Technical Writing was added on to my other duties.
Now, Technical Writing is my primary job with other
duties added on. 

I still wear many hats, only now in a different order.


DaLy


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