OT: Scary responsibility in job ad

[Laura Lemay]

Yeah, I've seen that job ad. 

I've had a couple of jobs in the past where coaching engineers on writing was one of the key responsibilities.  In each of those jobs there was substantial confusion over whether the technical writing task was owned by the writers or by the engineers (and the writers were just there to "pretty up" what the engineers wrote.)  In those jobs there were always many pointless battles over ownership that got in the way of actual writing.  

I consider this kind of a thing a warning sign now.  At the very least it is a top 5 question for the interview if the job looks otherwise interesting.  

Laura

On Oct 6, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Writer wrote:

> 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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