Re: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.

Subject: Re: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.
From: "Sue Heim, San Diego" <SueH -at- VISIO -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:50:32 -0700

Didn't we just have a huge flame war about this recently? Within the
last coupla months? Please, please don't start down this road again!!
...sue
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Sue Heim
Senior Online Engineer
Visio San Diego
619/596-5990 x326
mailto:SueH -at- visio -dot- com



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Schweda, Christopher [SMTP:CSchweda -at- ICJIA -dot- STATE -dot- IL -dot- US]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 9:26 AM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>A person whose training is geared too much toward liberal arts or a
>technical field is not going to be a great technical writer.
>
>Pure techies tend to downplay the softer side of technical writing
>(user-friendly wording, attractive layout, etc.) which are required in
>good documentation, while pure liberal arts folks tend not to fully
>grasp
>what they are talking about. That's not intended as an insult...it just
>reflects a lack of training in a certain area. Many, many writers
>without
>much technical training often "just don't get" what they're writing
>about, and it takes a techie to catch such errors.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
>Best laugh I've had all morning. Unfortunately, not only is this
>patently false, but it's also a mode of thinking that's dangerously
>prevalent among many a high-tech companies (or companies who fancy
>themselves as "cutting edge."). For these reasons, I respond.
>
><snip>

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