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 >________________________________ >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 >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20111006/49479013/attachment.html>
