I have written lotsa technical manuals over the years. Tons of this stuff. And while I slightly enjoy it, I am not tossing my hat in the ring. My son who has a MSEE does this for the DOD. Seems like a waste of a degree to me.
From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 9:16 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Looking for Technical Writer/Documentation Person You might consider an old fashioned headhunter, assuming they still exist in the age of online job sites and candidate screening software. Find one who specializes in an industry that needs good technical documentation. Tech writing is probably a lost art, judging by what passes for product manuals and documentation these days. Well, there’s Tina the tech writer in Dilbert, but Dilbert still seems to be set in Pacific Bell back around 1990. So you might be looking for someone who’s now retired but still working on a gig basis. I worked many years at telecom equipment manufacturers, and every product needed a technical manual or “Bell System Practice”. Often there were ordering, installation, provisioning and operations manuals, aimed at the different users of the equipment. I assume there are many industries that employed tech writers because their customers required detailed instruction manuals – government, military, aircraft, medical, etc. Some of them are in decline or no longer producing good documentation, so the tech writers may be unemployed but still retaining their skills. Headhunters did have some unique skills, they would have company directories and org charts, or know people in the relevant department who might not be looking to move but could provide names of coworkers and friends. They typically worked on a contingency basis, X% of the salary if you hired someone. Maybe that doesn’t translate to the gig economy. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 2:26 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] Looking for Technical Writer/Documentation Person I'm hiring some sort of person to write documentation, spec sheets, etc. for PacketFlux. I've been down this path a few times over the years with no luck, having hired various people over the years with never getting any actual usable work product. It's time to try again. I know a few people from this community have expressed interest in the past but I wasn't ready for them at the time. I'm hoping anyone who is interested will reply, probably off-list. Or if anyone has a suggestion on where to find an appropriate person, please let me know. -- - Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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