Scary responsibility in job ad

[Daniel Doornbos - PTU]

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: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] 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

	 

	
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	From: "Eichelberger, Mark" <Mark.Eichelberger at fiserv.com>
	To: framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
	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: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] 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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