Re: Essential software/programming skills for TC?

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

>
>  *QuarkXP, InDesign, Framemaker, Flare, RoboHelp, Dreamweaver, XML, Html,
> Java, Python, various C languages, Json, JQuery
> *
>
The gigs I see posted primarily call for the following:

   - MS Office
   (the suite, including Visio. Semi-*mastery* of Word will serve you very,
   very well.)
   - InDesign, Framemaker
   (Both of which you can quickly learn with the 30-day trial and a copy of
   *<product> Classroom in a Book*.)
   - Photoshop (although I use the open-source GIMP on my present job)
   - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dreamweaver
   (Dreamweaver is the design front-end of choice, but one should know HTML
   to fix aspects of the GUI. CSS is a piece of cake and makes designing web
   pages much easier.)
   - DITA and XML
   - TechSmith's Camtasia and SnagIt (the latter being for easily-editable
   screen captures.)
   - Source control, such as Documentum
   - RoboHelp and similar tools (although I'm seeing far fewer calls for
   that these days)

I'd get more gigs in the SF Bay Area if I knew how to document APIs.

> Chris
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