It can be if you let it, but so can any job. I have heard this same complaint
from mechanical engineers working at mostly electronics companies, and from
software engineers working at places where software is not the primary product.
And imagine what life was like for auditors at mortgage companies during the
housing loan bubble, or how it is now for auditors at companies with no-bid
contracts with the US govt.
Sometimes you can earn the respect of your coworkers. Sometimes you have to get
the person who respected you enough to sign off on your position and your hiring
to grab your coworkers by their collars and make them work with you whether they
respect you or not. And sometimes you just have to go out and find yourself a
new set of coworkers.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "raj nair" <raj_gree...@hotmail.com>
At times, I wonder why technical writers are the least common denominators in
a software company. For example, if I submit a document for review, people
schedule it for the last few hours of a business day. This amply explains the
'importance' given to that task. Moreover, I have to work with arrogant
developers, testers, SMEs, and managers, who don't care a damn about the
information needs of technical writers. There is also an absurd level of
"technical apartheid" that at times gives a really wretched feeling. Since a
majority of the technical writers have no programming background or releavant
domain knowledge, people find it very easy to dismiss them as irrelevant
irritants. Ultimately, the conclusion that I can arrive at is that this is a
ridiculous and thankless job. Do you agree?
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