What You Should Know as a Technical Communicator: Soft Skills

Heroic Technical Writing: Advice and Insights on the Business of Technical Communication

Greetings!

While I was still in school, some of my grad school peers  were more concerned about getting the content right than anything else. Being a tech/space geek, I wasn’t worried about that as much. The big challenge for me–introverted, opinionated, authority-averse–was dealing with people. In short, while being able to learn how to get your technical content correct and written well is important, those will probably be the easiest part of your job.

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How to Recognize a Bad Blog Entry

Heroic Technical Writing: Advice and Insights on the Business of Technical Communication

Around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, I realized that the entry I was planning to post for this morning was pretty awful. Out of my desire to add value and because of my respect for you, my audience, I got up early this morning to scrap that entry to write about the above-cited topic instead. You’re welcome.

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