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Subject:RE: We're Number 13! We're Number 13! From:Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp128 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com Date:Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:44:35 -0800 (PST)
I know what you mean, Brian. I've always found that it's easier for people to learn the technology than to learn how to write about it.
Marguerite
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From: Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com>
Subject: RE: We're Number 13! We're Number 13!
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:03 AM
And at the opposite end of that spectrum...
Here at Mitchell Repair, where ex-auto mechanics have been hired as tech writers for as long as this company has existed, it has been very hard to find hands-on machinery techs who can also write. For the twenty years I've been here, we've done all our hiring through temp agencies because we need to try-out so many potential writers just to find the few gems.
I agree with John. When I was a hiring manager, I often found that philosophy majors, former clergy, musicians, and weavers
Continuing my previous message:
,,,often made great tech writers. The common thread is that all are able to express abstractions in terms that ordinary people can understand or relate to.
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