Guest Blogger - Mike Curtis, Technical Writer
Posted on Tuesday August 14, 2007 by Betsy Weber
After working at TechSmith for about three months, I am happy to report I still believe it’s an amazing place to work. I could launch into a big list of many little reasons that combine to form the overall goodness, but instead I’ll try an analogy that might get the main points across.
I am surrounded by very smart, motivated, and empowered people. This environment provides us in the Documentation department with the freedom and resources to pursue avenues beyond what people often associate with a Technical Writer. (Think really dry PDF manuals.) One recent topic of conversation around here has been rethinking this whole antiquated title. For example, maybe Information Developer or Help Solutions Developer is a better representation of what we do at TechSmith. Comments? Our team is working on many “new” types of resources. This includes using a blog as a content management system for the Jing Project, going way more graphical in the upcoming SnagIt, proactively soliciting focus group feedback, and experimenting with an enterprise wiki for possible future use.
Mike Curtis is a Technical Writer who is married and has three young children.
Comments (1)
I like your anaolgy. The topic of redoing the job title has been going on all over the place for awhile. I've given up and instead wonder if its the title that makes the job or the job that makes the title and if in the end it even matters what the title is.
Posted by Dan | August 15, 2007 5:36 AM
Posted on August 15, 2007 05:36