Re: Non-TW supervisor

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

  Like David, I have had both experiences.

  My current manager is not a TW and he is great. He gives me as much time as
  I need on the big projects and I stop what I am doing, whenever I can, to
  help him on little ones. We get a long GREAT!! My first manager was not a
  tech writer and she too was great!

  The replacement of my first manager had an English degree she recieved in
  the 70's and she was, well let's just say interesting. Her managerial skills
  in general were interesting, she called me into her office one day and asked
  if I wanted to be the tech writer or the department admin.
  assistant..however my problems with her had little to do with my work.

  I did a contract for 6 months for a manager who most of the time "got stuck"
  doing the writing, he had no formal training but did a fair job. He was the
  best, as not only did he really appreciate having a tech writer for a few
  months, but he wanted to learn as much from me as possible, to make his job
  easier when I left. That was a fun contract!

  Melissa


  >From: "David Loveless"
  >To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
  >Subject: Re: Non-TW supervisor
  >Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 09:19:20 -0600
  >
  >I've had both.
  >
  >My current direct manager was a freelance writer, and he understands
  >that many writers need nothing more than a free leash to be able to
  >get their job done.
  >
  >In the past, I have had four managers that were not tech writers.
  >Two,
  >an editor and an HR manager, where great. They understood so little
  >of
  >what was going on that they would look at me with glazed over eyes
  >and
  >say, "Great!!! Good job!!!" The other two were driven by the
  >misconceptions of archaic grammar rules and academia. One of those
  >was
  >willing to try new things and learn more about the field. The other
  >was so rigid that "micro manager" doesn't even begin to describe
  >her.
  >Fortunately, I was only under her for a year before I convinced
  >upper
  >management that the tech writing group should be under a
  >professionally trained writer/editor.
  >
  >Dave
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