[austechwriter] Re: austechwriter Digest V1 #89

Dear Melanie,

I have an IT background, coming up through the programming and technical 
support ranks and then transferred to technical writing later in life. As a 
technical writer, I have worked for a number of software companies, and 
despite my background (and non-subtle hints) have never been asked to write 
functional specifications. I have found that the developers seem to be very 
precious about functional specs and design specs, and I have only ever been 
allowed to clean them up after they have been 'written' by the 
developers/analysts.

However, having said all that, I think that IT knowledge is definitely an 
advantage, and writers who can 'get their hands dirty' with VBA, XML etc 
and get into the new technologies will be more sought after.

Good luck in your search for work.

Sue

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austechwriter Digest    Sun, 29 Jun 2003        Volume: 01  Issue: 089

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                Another one down

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From: "Melanie Dixon" <meldixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Another one down
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:04:44 +1000

Hi everyone,
My position at Jupiters was made redundant on June 20.

Does anyone have any advice for the newly retrenched? The job market seems 
a bit barren.

I do have a specific query. I want to improve my technical skills so I can 
work in a software development team and write technical documents, such as 
functional specifications etc. I thought doing the programming certificate 
at TAFE would be a good idea. Am I right or should I be concentrating on 
another technical area?

Any advice is well appreciated.

Cheers,

Melanie



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