I don't buy your "few companies" generalization. Perhaps small pre-IPO companies and the like, but I've not met an established company that didn't have a solid tech writing staff in place.
On 10/10/07, Chris Borokowski <athloi at yahoo.com> wrote: > My prediction is that it will be a partial disaster, and then they'll > hire a contractor to come clean up. Few companies are interested in > keeping technical writers around full time, since they're only needed > at the end of the design process. They want dual roles, such as project > manager technical writers, developer technical writers and probably > even technical writers who can cook to reduce catering costs. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com