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Monday, 5 September 2005

Tech writer or DTP Expert?

Posted on 04:15 by Unknown
I saw these requirements for a technical writer opening on one of those ‘Urgent-wanted tech writers’ mails:
  • HTML programming, Javascript
  • Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Microsoft FrontPage
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Macromedia Flash
  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat,
  • RoboHelp
  • Microsoft Visio

I wonder why they left out C, C++, Java, and VisualBasic? Why, why? When will they learn to tell a writer from a DTP professional? What has Flash got to do with a tech writer’s job? Javascript for heaven’s sake!
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