Technical Writing

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As technical writers, we often get user feedback, either from internal groups, internally tested groups, or from the internet at large.

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Short answer: explaining technical concepts and technological procedures to a larger audience than those who already know. Long answer: a bit of compassion, some engineering, and the ability to carefully use language.

Most women, and many men, don't want to work in IT because the working conditions are terrible. First, you as a worker are fodder for replacement. Your coworkers are all geeks without lives, so they're thrilled to stay until midnight for free pizza. Management are the only people who can stand being between geeks, who are socially incoherent, and marketing, who have lied so long truth is an oxymoron to them.

Some people consider technical writers to be an add-on to their application design and development process, and I think this is a mistake, although it makes our jobs easier.