Just my opinion but I think engineers gravitate to that field because they relate better to things than to people.
They’re great with formulas but lousy when communicating with us mere mortals. Where I work, most of the engineers speak English as a second language. Occasionally ESL engineers try to “correct” my work by introducing spelling and grammatical errors, incomprehensible sentences, or information placed where the user would never find it. Typically a citation from the Chicago Manual of Style cools their enthusiasm. Daniel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:23 AM To: Eichelberger, Mark; framers Subject: Re: Scary responsibility in job ad 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 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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