Re: plain vanilla tech writers

Subject: Re: plain vanilla tech writers
From: Samuel Choy <schoy -at- us -dot- ibm -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:48:10 -0500



Goober says:

Degree in the field or not, as a technical writer you
should be a SME with regard to your company's products
and market industry.
------------------------------------------

Goober, you made a good point. You can correct me if this scenario isn't
accurate. But say, for example, a technical writer and a c++ programmer get
hired at a software company that creates accounting software. **Both** the
technical writer and the programmer, if they haven't already, need to get
acquainted with the accounting software, accounting principles, accounting
terminology, and probably accountants themselves. The writer doesn't
necessarily need to know the c++ code the programmer is writing to create
good documentation for the accounting software (thought that could be
helpful). But the writer will definitely need to learn about the software
and accounting to write good documentation. But the same is true for the
programmer. The programmer needs to know what the software does and how his
or her code fits within the software.

I have to leave a bit early. So if I don't reply to any rebuttals today,
it's because I'm watching the outstanding Rochester Honkers (the local
minor league baseball team) play!


Samuel Choy
IBM Rochester
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ANNOUNCING ROBOHELP STUDIO

RoboHelp Studio maximizes your Help authoring power by combining
RoboHelp Office and RoboDemo, so you can easily create professional
Help systems that feature interactive tutorials and demos.

Find out more about RoboHelp Studio at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l2

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.



Follow-Ups:

Previous by Author: Re: Humor(?): Font fondlers, rejoice!--a brief rant
Next by Author: Help for robohelp
Previous by Thread: Cross-platform screenshots
Next by Thread: Re: plain vanilla tech writers


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads