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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:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:10:34 -0400
Well, actually, I said that being technical and being a good
communicator are both important :-) -- I don't prefer one or the other.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Donald Ray [SMTP:dray -at- celcore -dot- com]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 3:02 PM
>To: Alexia Prendergast; 'TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU'
>Subject: RE: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a f&*#ing break.
>
>Amen! I'm a technical person myself and I fully agree with Alexia. I'm
>a technical person myself (have an MSCS); however, I would rather work
>with someone less technical who can communicate well than a technical
>whiz who can't communicate.
>
>>----------
>>From: Alexia Prendergast[SMTP:alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM]
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 1:57 PM
>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>Subject: Re: 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>Am I missing the reason this statement seems to be so controversial?
>>
>>I've worked with non-technical technical writers who wrote deathless
>>prose but who couldn't get behind the GUI and couldn't write a clear,
>>concise procedure to save their lives...
>>
>>I've worked with technical technical writers who understood every line
>>of code, but couldn't get in front of the GUI and couldn't write a
>>clear, concise procedure to save their lives...
>>
>>The technical writers I've admired most seem to balance concrete
>>technical knowledge and the ability to communicate clearly and
>>concisely.
>>
>>A.
>>
>>Lucky for you all -- I deleted most of my rant ;-) It was cathartic,
>>nonetheless.
>>--
>>Alexia Prendergast
>>Senior Technical Writer
>>Seagate Software
>>mailto:alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
>>
>>>
>>
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