RE: What tech writers "do"

Subject: RE: What tech writers "do"
From: "Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:32:38 -0800

>I will representing Michigan Tech and technical writers in general
at the
>National College Fair next week in Baltimore. I was hoping to put
together a
>list of what tech writers do, so that when I am asked that question,
I can
>give some interesting answers, and not just the generic "write
manuals and
>stuff" reply.

I'm Diane, and I am a technical writer. I write stuff, but not manuals.
I write software development life cycle documents that no one but an
auditor ever cares about :)

Once every couple of years, I get to develop a help file.

Diane Evans
Requirements Analyst
ASQ CSQE
Rosetta Inpharmatics
206-802-6560


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