Penulis teknik: untuk menjadi atau bukan untuk menjadi

Penulis teknik: untuk menjadi atau untuk tidak menjadi


Rama Kant Mishra

Dokumentasi bentuk baik perangkat halus yang didesain yang baik memohon pertemuan sampai luas yang lebih luar biasa dan menolong dalam berhubungan di efektif cara. Dokumentasi baik perangkat halus mengurangi beban bantuan teknik yang mencari dari perusahaan perkembangan produk. Dan itu adalah bagaimana Teman-teman Perangkat Halus merasakan perjalanan penting untuk dokumentasi teknik. Tulisan teknik pada haketatnya di ITU masuk ke dalam lengan terlambat nineties, waktu itu teman-teman yang tercium bahwa dokumentasi sama-sama kritis sebagai pola, perkembangan, menyandi dan pengujian perangkat halus.

Untuk tidak menyebut permintaan penulis teknik yang pernah meningkat dan industri merasa itu keras untuk mendapat pertandingan benar untuk syarat. Tak begitu tidak dilakukan tulisan teknik tadi di perusahaan perangkat halus dannya perkembangan baru saja; perbedaan kadang-kadang ialah bahwa tekanan tidak diletakkan terlalu banyak di atas dokumentasi teknik yang baik. Pengembang atau pengetes dilibatkan di tulisan teknik, disamping gedung perangkat halus.

Akhirnya itu wasn’t pekerjaan utama mereka; oleh karena itu kualitas dokumentasi tidak bisa disimpan di bunga tertinggi. Adalah sebagian perkembangan perangkat halus tetapi tak ada perkembangan perangkat halus, that’s bagaimana terbukti oleh maksud untuk menjadi. Hari ini, industri sudah menyadari pentingnya dokumentasi baik perangkat halus. Bunga muka menghasilkan ke dalam syarat bisa dilacak kembali ke fakta bahwa sebagian dari pihak ketiga di samping perangkat halus lamaran tulisan saja tutor dan pemakai menuntun membuat kekayaan. Sebenarnya sebagian dari perusahaan fungsi bantuan tumbuh subur tentang titik waktu saja dengan melakukan dokumentasi perangkat halus sebagai pihak ketiga.

Sejak tulisan teknik adalah sayap yang dikenali yang baik di sebagian besar perkembangan perangkat halus dan perusahaan servis dapat dikira-kira ,nya benar-benar sukar mencernakan fakta bahwa penulis baik bisa jarang dijumpai untuk mendapat permintaan yang sudah ada. Ini benar di pengertian bahwa penulis adalah tak satu pun dipikul atau membuat, mereka hanya terjadi untuk menjadi penulis. Banyak orang baik logis atau kreatif berkeberatan. Jika anda menjadi jenis orang yang menikmati baik logika dan daya cipta, anda mungkin menikmati tulisan teknik. Penulis teknik harus menganalisa dan mengerti ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi (aktivitas logis) dan lalu merasakan cara kreatif menceritakan informasi ini. Sebenarnya, ini adalah paduan kedua kualitas.

Tidak berarti yang industri anda sedang mempertimbangkan untuk karir, mungkin mempekerjakan penulis teknik. Penulis teknik menyisipkan ilmu pengetahuan komputer, obat, studi lingkungan, ilmu elektronika, pemerintah, bioskop, industri peroketan, dan kira-kira saja bidang yang mana pun di orang yang mana harus menterjemahkan dan memakai teknologi. Mereka adalah sebagian dunia teknologi hari ini yang sangat diperlukan.

The job is where you do the same thing over and again. If this is your palate, technical writing may be the field for you. If you like the challenge of writing for an audience, technical writing offers you the chance to make money while just doing that. Technical writers work in a challenging, and exciting field that tests their ability to adapt to new situations and learn new skills. People who enjoy learning new things will find technical communication a stimulating career.

Technical writers take knowledge from engineers, scientists, doctors, and other experts and render it into forms that lay people can understand. To do this, they must have the willingness to continually learn about new subject matter. And they must know how best to present information to different audiences – from technically trained people to the general public.

The present situation where American way of looking at technical writers is being followed: every software company is looking for engineers to be the technical writers. The job is first offered to the engineers who want to make a career in technical writing and if the engineers are not available, only then the focus is turned on to other suitable incumbent. However, in software industry, most often the question is being asked “Can engineers write well?”, yet they are preferred over others. The idea might be that engineers can understand technology better than the other lots. Then, what if they are not able to communicate well? Although, this might not be a generic problem. The question is now haunted for the hiring department, whom to rely on: a good writer without engineering background or an engineer without good writing skill.

Software industry truly believes in re-engineering the product and even resources. However, the belief of re-engineering an engineer into a good writer is a difficult task at hand and in some cases a utopian dream. “Technology can be taught and learnt in a year or two, but learning a good language is the fruit of years learning process and that can not be given in a packet form” -- quotes an industry expert. This holds true to the case that most of our institution emphasize on imparting technological education whereas they ignore the fact that without good communication the impact of technology can not be realized. This is indeed going to cause talent deficiency and industry might get the burn of this sooner or later.

There are some good trends coming up where some software company is weighing options to utilize services of good writers who have adaptation of learning new technology faster and translate them effectively into precise writing.
For many of the aspiring creative writer working as a technical writer might seem a good option because it is going to be paid well. If you are transitioning from your current non-writing position to technical writing because it's a hot market, you like technology, and/or you want to do away with your freelance tag, perhaps you are thinking right. But in case you just like writing, then you should think before you step in.
Writing and editing user manuals, help documents, technical bulletin and API document could be painful if you don’t love doing so. Technical writing is demanding and you will be tried writing different sort of technical stuff which might not satisfy your liking for writing what you are looking for. So before deciding to choose a career into technical writing you must evaluate yourself.
Some would prefer to go for highly satisfying writing career of their liking even if it pays them less. Some would love to write about technology and enjoy doing so. Some would find technical writing as boring and unimaginative. Some would find technical writing as very interesting and creative, as it relates to problem solving and that requires lot of creativity. Follow your instinct to know where you fall among these categories.
To be in technical writing you just not required to have knowledge of MS Word alone. To be good technical writer you must have multiple skills that open up your prospect of an employable technical writer. Technical writers who has knowledge of specialized software packages such as FrameMaker, PageMaker, Robo Help, CAD, QuarkXPress, graphic design, Illustrator, HTML or other programming or authoring languages are the one who can be earning high. If you have these knowledge or you are going to learn, you may think of rewarding career in technical writing.
Before making any kind of career change, it would be advisable to evaluate your work style, strengths and weaknesses. Technical writing can be a great field for self-motivated, flexible individuals with a knack for taking the complicated writing and making it clear and understandable. But it also requires dedication, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances.
Technical writing is rarely short cut, especially when the topic is software or new products. Specifications, functions, even the product name can change several times with revisions and you are expected to keep pace. If you are lazy and thinking of happy go lucky way of job, don’t think of technical writing.
Advantages of technical writing are: it's a hot field, the pay is good, the work is plentiful, and you're on the cutting edge of information. If you want to make a lot of money, enjoy learning and don't mind the grind, technical writing is a great place to try your mechanical writing skills.
But it may take your concentrated effort, energy and money to get your knowledge base and skills to the level necessary to secure high-paying jobs. And tech writing can not provide you time to provide for your other writing projects and that might lead you frustrated and unpublished. If you are in the middle of lots of writing and publishing and you know, that is what you want to do, think twice before weighing the option of becoming technical writer.
These are few of the consideration, reviewing your option to be a technical writer. If it is not going to mix up with your well thought, long-term writing goal and could sustain you well as writer, take a ride of your life in cutting edge world of computer writing. And if it makes you feel that technical writing is not the magical path of fame and fortune what you thought it would, then you have saved yourself. Either way, you can be sure of the knowledge for making a well thought decision of a technical writer: to be or not to be.