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Last night I attended the Boston Chapter's September STC meeting. After
listening to a Microsoft sales rep give a lot of garbage on a product
(and dodge tough questions), I picked up the current job listings
dated 9/9/93.
I won't type in EVERYTHING that it says (since I'm typing with one
hand while I eat lunch with the other), but I'll list the Job Title,
Location, and something else I pull from the abstract. This isn't
going to be the listing as it appears verbatim. It should be close
enough.
Note: Please mention the STC Employment Service if you respond to any
of these.
Here goes:
Sr. Technical Writer Hardware/Software (HW/SW) manuals for high resolution
Bedford, MA color printers. 3+ years experience; Familiar with
Ventura, DOS/Windows; Macintosh & illustration a
plus; BS (preferably CS or Communications)
Contact: Stephanie Anguilo
Iris Graphics
6 Crosby Drive
Bedford, MA 01730
Tech Writer HW/SW manuals for high resolution color printers; same
Bedford, MA application and degree requirements as listed above.
*Entry Level* Contact: Stephanie Anguilo
(Address above)
Coop Tech. Writer Format manuals using Framemaker. Test software with
Cambridge, MA documentation. Revise drafts; write portions of
document set. Create illustrations. See drafts
through to final review. Product: large database
for those involved in direct marketing; Mac or
MS-Windows experience.
Contact: Ethlyn Cash
Sr. Human Resources Rep
MarketPulse
Four Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142-1489
Tel: (617) 868-6002
FAX: (617) 497-1072
Technical Writer Work w/developers to gather technical information.
Cambridge, MA Prepare documentation plans and schedules. Prepare
preliminary text through to final result. Product:
Client/Server computing and enterprise information
management [exact quote]. 1-3 years experience,
knowledge of DBMS, Framemaker, Mainframe, DOS/Win,
as well as a degree in English, Technical
Communications, or "related field."
Contact: Ethlyn Cash (listed above)
2 Sr. Tech. Writers 8-12 week contract for high resolution color printer
Bedford, MA manuals, instructions, and articles for installation
Contact: Stephanie Anguilo
Iris Graphics (listed above)
Editor/Linguist 30 hr/wk, 6 week contract identifying and tagging
Boston, MA list of words with part of speech and other
grammatical features. Product: Software development,
proofing tools, and electronic reference material.
Languages needed: English (1), Spanish (3), Norwegian
(2).
Contact: Mary Lou Kirkpatrick
Houghton Mifflin Company Software Division
222 Berkeley Street, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 351-3072
Technical Writer Create on-line help in MS-Windows environment.
Newton, MA Product: business planning and logistics SW apps
for process and manufacturing organizations; exp.
in creating on-line help for Windows, familiar w/
GUI concepts, usability concepts, and manufacturing
applications.
Contact: John Crowley
Marcam Corporation
95 Wells Ave.
Newton, MA 02159
Tel: (617) 965-0220
Greg Kushmerek "They [Australians] don't spell 'beer'
Financial Systems Analyst with four X's out of ignorance. . .And
Tufts University light beer is a creation of the Prince
Medford, MA of Darkness."
gkushmer -at- jade -dot- tufts -dot- edu -Morse, Thames Valley C.I.D.-