Re: Brushing up on tech skills

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I have seen a lot of this as well. They seek a coder
who can also write, or the inverse, because they see
documentation as a yearly event and programming as a
daily one.

--- Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> Partly (I think) they want secondary code
> writers to help with overflow, and they figure
> hiring
> a dual-skill tech writer is a cheaper solution than
> hiring both a TW and a temporary coder. I've had a
> lot
> of contacts from people who want the tech writer to
> write code snippets in addition to writing the
> documentation. 

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