RE: new tech writer

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

>> I don't think I know anyone who documents web
>> services. And the ones that I have used don't 
>> really require much more doc than telling me what 
>> the return values are. Maybe there is more 
>> to it than I think....
>
>You're absolutely right; docs for web service APIs
>usually don't do much more than tell you what the
>return values are.  

For every web, there's a frontend and a backend. Why is the backend being
overlooked?  ...or am I misunderstanding a special meaning in "web
services"?

I work for a web. We have a HUGE backend. That's where the opportunities
are....in general, not with us...we're in a hiring freeze.

John Posada
Special Projects; Information Technology
Barnes&Noble.com
NY: 212-414-6656 

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