You know you’re a tech writer… (part 1)
I’m pretty busy with my new job this week, so this is just a quick post – but hopefully a fun one. I wanted to write a You know you’re a technical writer… list, but I’m low on innovation and humour at the moment.
So, I’m going to start the list, and I want you all to join in… and I’ll post up a revised list in two weeks’ time! Please bear in mind that although a lot of you who read this blog will definitely empathise with some of the entries, I’m looking for things from a tech writer’s perspective.
You know you’re a technical writer…
… when you feel emotional and/or physical pain at the sight of an out-of-place apostrophe.
… if, when faced with an engineer asking you questions about a product you document, you say in a tired or exasperated tone: “RTFM!”
… ???
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Comments
Comment from Catherine
Time Thursday August 21 2008 at 11:53 am
It’s definitely a bit off-colour – but still much less offensive than a comment that escaped my spam filter on another post.
Come on writers – you can do better than this, surely?
Comment from Brady
Time Wednesday August 20 2008 at 11:22 pm
I’m not a Technical Writer… and this might be a bit off-color… but you asked for it.
If you are dismayed to find out that periods do only come once a month for some people.
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