Re:First introduction to LaTeX
by jen_h on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:31PM
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The British software house wasn't Advent 3B2, was it?
Being up to speed with LaTeX can get you hired, but you've always gotta be prepared for the excited, "You know LaTeX! Let's do all of our documentation in it!" and the gentle conversation that ensues about how expensive free software can get once you involve people and processes...not that LaTeX isn't great; I use it myself for print-ready PDFs, but for corporate manuals and stuff and getting tech writers off the street who can hit the ground running with it, it's just not the right solution for most organizations.
Being up to speed with LaTeX can get you hired, but you've always gotta be prepared for the excited, "You know LaTeX! Let's do all of our documentation in it!" and the gentle conversation that ensues about how expensive free software can get once you involve people and processes...not that LaTeX isn't great; I use it myself for print-ready PDFs, but for corporate manuals and stuff and getting tech writers off the street who can hit the ground running with it, it's just not the right solution for most organizations.