Or if the company absolutely feels that the engineers need to learn to
communicate better, put the onus on them, not on the tech writers. Make it a
part of the engineers' objectives, pay for courses, get the engineers to
demonstrate that their skills have improved. If they fail, then no soup for
them!
Nadine
>________________________________
>From: "Eichelberger, Mark" <[email protected]>
>To: framers <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:17:41 PM
>Subject: RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
>
>
>I don’t think this should ever be the responsibility of a tech writer, but it
>does indicate why they *need* a tech writer. I say let the engineers be
>engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers.
>
>From:[email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Writer
>Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM
>To: framers
>Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
>
>A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a
>technical writer:
>
>"coach engineers to improve their writing skills"
>
>It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures.
>
>Nadine
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