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Re: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer?
Subject:Re: what separates a senior tech writer from a regular tech writer? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:57:19 -0800
I wouldn't call is a "wash" unless you neglect to add your
ability to manage multiple projects and your familiarity with
the product to your skills and experience set. Project
management is a big plus, often even if it comes at the
price of losing a bit of your edge with hands-on grunt
tasks.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
> I find myself in the strange (to me) position of working in a company
> where I am more and more able to get a lot of the information that I
> need from project documents (Requirements docs, specifications,
> statements of work, and so on, that are actually [a] written, and [b]
> written on time), where I've long been accustomed to winging it, and
> getting my info by dealing with SMEs and by using the product (or
> something that kinda resembles what will be the product). The
> increasing
> maturity of the project docs, as our company matures, would be making
> my
> job easier, except that the workload increases apace. That is, it's
> getting easier to achieve each individual thing, but there are more
> things to do in the same space of time, so it's a wash.
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