Re: technical Writing Skills

[Mean Green Dancing Machine <aahz -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>]

In article <3hboh1$fc1 -at- lester -dot- appstate -dot- edu>,
Matt Harmon <mh1704 -at- acs -dot- appstate -dot- edu> wrote:
>On Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:40:46 GMT, Mean Green Dancing Machine (aahz -at- netcom -dot- com)
>wrote :

>> Normally, I'd say writing ability is more important.  However, it can be
>> critically important to have a tech writer who really understands the
>> problem domain.  In my first and only job as a tech writer, my ability
>> to program in C turned out to be crucial in writing the manual, in large
>> part because I was able to get the programmer to change the product
>> design in certain ways that made it easier to document.

>    Meaning no disrespect but, shouldn't a good technical writer be able to
>get around any aspects that make a product difficult to document?  This is
>what's always been expected of me (English major, Computer Information Systems
>minor and documentation specialist for a local computer/network project).
>    No-one ever said this job was easy--that's why tech writers are
>compensated as they are.

I guess I should have been more explicit -- generally something that is
easier to document is easier to use.
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