Re: Question from a re-virginized newbie

[Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com>]

Bee, good point.

Actually, I'm relatively new to the field and have seen various articles
and discussion on DITA but still can't find a good entry point to begin to
understand what it is. Does anybody have any recommended resources?

Thanks in advance.


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:02 PM, beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I'm a bit late chiming in on this, but I want to go back to the original
> question, because I think no one has considered the obvious. Mr. Webster is
> going to need a job!
>
> >My question is as follows: I have a limited amount of $ to spend on
> training, so given where the industry is headed, what utilit(ies) training
> should I pursue?
>
> My advice would be to look at all of the Technical Writer job listings you
> can find for your area, and see what skills are most in demand - then train
> yourself in those.
>
> In Silicon Valley, it's Madcap Flare and DITA, usually XMetaL/Trisoft. I
> have both of those skills and get recruited a lot, so I know those two are
> at the top of the TW job requirements list here.
>
> But the popular software in your area might be FrameMaker/RoboHelp or just
> plain Word. Check it out before you commit to training on any particular
> tool.
>
> HTH.
>
> Bee
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Scott Turner <quills -at- airmail -dot- net> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I know.
> >
> > > On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:31, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> > >
> > > MS didn't eliminate the need for docs.  They just eliminated the docs.
> > >
> > > Gene Kim-Eng
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Scott Turner <quills -at- airmail -dot- net>
> > wrote:
> > >> Oh, you mean like Microsoft did with it's Office suite?
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Doc-To-Help: new website, content widgets, and an output that works on
> any
> > screen.
> >
> > Learn more: http://bit.ly/1eRs4NS
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as beelia -at- pacbell -dot- net -dot- 
> >
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> > techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >
> >
> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> > http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> > info.
> >
> > Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our
> online
> > magazine at http://techwhirl.com
> >
> > Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> > email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
> >
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Doc-To-Help: new website, content widgets, and an output that works on any
> screen.
>
> Learn more: http://bit.ly/1eRs4NS
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as hannah -dot- drake -at- formulatrix -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> info.
>
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online
> magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
>



-- 
Hannah L. Drake
Lead Technical Documentation Specialist
Formulatrix, Inc.

781-788-0228 x137 (office)
617-610-6456 (cell)
hannah.drake.formulatrix (skype)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Doc-To-Help: new website, content widgets, and an output that works on any screen.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/1eRs4NS

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives