RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

Subject: RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:36:16 -0400

Their relationship is cause and effect, rather than comparative
importance: Tech writing skills directly affect reader or user
comprehension.

Or to look at it from the other side: Reader or user comprehension is a
good measure of tech writing skills.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Technical Writer
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: Leonard C. Porrello; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?
>
> ... "Writing skills" may be overrated; it is the comprehension
> of the reader or user that matters most, not the writing skill
> of the writer...
>

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References:
RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Technical Writer
RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?: From: Technical Writer

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