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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by baby on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:46PM (#33714068)
Usually a tech writer is also some sort of PM role that gets to chase developers and get them to explain what's in their head. Sometimes you have to have such a person on board.
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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by rsj_hn on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:50PM (#33714096)
I once did an internship that involved chasing down senior devs and generating documentation for them (needed for FIPS certification). It was a great way to learn about the tech stack. Suffice it to say I didn't have any PM role at all.
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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by baby on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @06:38PM (#33725940)
I'm not saying a technical writer should have a PM role, but it's a similar role
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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by innocentoldguy on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @12:52AM (#33715719)
In my opinion, you shouldn't ask technical writers to manage projects anymore than you would ask engineers to. Both jobs are complex enough without adding an entirely different full-time job on top of the work.
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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by euroderf on Saturday November 26, 2022 @06:41AM (#33751866)
Get the brain dump when it's all still fresh in the head !
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