Re: This too is technical communication

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

My point is, if you are trained FOR it, knock yourself out...you have
my respect and it's a skill I wish I had. 

My problem is those who find a misspelled word on a GUI once in a
while and proclaim themselves QAers.

--- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> Since John's comment is clearly directed at technical
> writers who are *not* trained in these areas but who
> believe they should be "QA go-to" people anyway, 
> I doubt he has much to fear from those who are so 
> trained.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> 
> 
> > You wouldn't want to slight those technical writers on
> > this list who come from a development background and
> > are comfortable in QA roles, would you? (Or those with
> > backgrounds in system administration.)


John Posada
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