On Mon, 25 May 2020, Michael Kerrisk via Libc-alpha wrote:
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We really need to engage with technical writers
and involve a broader set of industry skills in our projects.
I want to add a note of caution here. It's great to have technical
writers (and like good developers companies should be paying them),
but they can't do the job on their own. A lot of developer input is
still required.
Another caution, many HR departments hire 'technical writers' that in
reality are copy editors, who's knowledge base is grammar/writing/language.
In my experience, they tend to make things a lot worse. Wordsmiths like
to use words, lots of words. They want to create novels. The complete
opposite of what technical writing should be.
Thanks,
Michael
