Technical Writing Coach...that's what they should have mentioned.
From: Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Thursday, 6 October 2011 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
More depressing
What I object to is putting the burden and responsibility on the tech writer,
rather than where it belongs...on the engineer. I've worked with very few
engineers who wanted to improve their communication skills or who even cared.
Richard, in your case, you were asked by people who were
Agreed. I did this in a former role. We had a huge API/SDK that
required documentation. It would have taken 20 tech writers to meet
the target release date, as there were 40 engineers working non-stop
on it world-wide. So instead we added to the definition of code
complete a documentation item.
Don't you see that this is a mirror argument? Let me rephrase what
you're saying:
What I object to is putting the burden and responsibility on the engineer,
rather than where it belongs...on the writer. I've worked with very few
writers who wanted to improve their involvement in product
Ooooh! They won't fall for your Jedi mind-tricks! I bet there's beer involved
in this somewhere, right Bill?
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 10:15 AM
To:
There's always beer involved. ;) But no, this was a full-on
collaboration that I initiated with the engineering VP and the product
architect. It took some convincing, but a few flow charts later and we
were good to go. You have to cover all bases and have a contingency
for everyone on all sides
OK, can we agree that if we didn't want the responsibility we would not
apply for the job?
If we did want the responsibility, how would we meet the challenge?
I worked with a group of 50 engineers and 8 automotive technicians. I was
tasked with improving the content provided by engineers. This
Have you written on this one in more detail anywhere (e.g. blog,
newsletter)? Or do you know of a more extensive account on something
similar by someone else?
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On Fri, Oct 7,
Milan,
I have not written about this experience but I certainly will. I held the
position for about five years and left the company more than 15 years ago.
Given my background at the time, it seemed ordinary...like all tech writer
were surely doing the same things.
Let me add that I documented
Ha, ha! As if they would listen! Coerce might work, given the authority.
cal
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Sounds like a fine opportunity for an instructional Designer! Have my MS-Ed,
Instructional Design in Dec. [Sorry, could not resist the opportunity for a
shameless bit of self-promotion!]
Greg. Eckrich
On 6Oct2011, at 12:22 PM, Writer wrote:
Or if the company absolutely feels that the
That's why so many of us get the interview question, How do you deal with
a difficult engineer?
From: Chris Despopoulos despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: 10/06/2011 11:03 AM
Subject:Re: OT: Scary responsibility in
Tends to make me feel pretty good too, as a Senior Trainer/Technical
Writer with a degree in Engineering... :)
Tim
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs,
Richard
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:52
I tend to agree with Richard, although I can see Nadine's point.
I'm sure it can be frustrating to feel that you are tasked with helping
someone (who is making way more money than you are) with basic language skills.
On the other hand, we are all in this together. Products are
Have to agree absolutely. As a potential consultant recently pointed out,
engineers (indeed scientists in general) haven't studied how to use language as
a form of communication since the days of their 'O'-levels or GCSEs (Grade 9 to
my American friends).
Ant Davey
On 06 October 2011 at
That's why so many of us get the interview question, How do you deal with a
difficult engineer?
I absolutely loathe that question. Not that it's difficult to answer,
but it just sets the wrong tone for the company asking it.
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Bill Swallow
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Anyone know a utility for converting PowerPoint slides with lots of graphics to
FrameMaker, or something that can be imported into Frame?
Thank you,
Gillian Flato
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Hi Gillian,
If you don't need to edit the slides in FrameMaker, you could save them as
PDF and import the PDF into your FrameMaker document.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-659-8267
r...@frameexpert.com
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Or export from Powerpoint as rtf.
Alan
On 8/10/2011, at 1:33 PM, Rick Quatro wrote:
Hi Gillian,
If you don’t need to edit the slides in FrameMaker, you could save them as
PDF and import the PDF into your FrameMaker document.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
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