Technical Writing Certifications

Chris Borokowski athloi at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 27 12:32:25 MDT 2007


This is about the only kind of test I can imagine for this profession,
namely a generalized one. We have to look at general skill sets, not
some specific tests that as someone sagely noted, can easily be faked.

--- neilson at windstream.net wrote:

> Any newspaper editor has a test for would-be reporters or stringers.
> (A stringer is a free-lance reporter.) The test takes about an
> hour, and shows the ability to put together a bunch of jumbled
> facts, complete with misspellings and libelous accusations, into
> a coherent and mostly sane news story. I would bet that most tech
> writers could pass the test with ease. Any good news writer with
> a technical bent can do tech writing.

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