Week 2 #1

STC's “A Career in Technical Communication,” this article describes what technical writers do, they use technical writing by writing, drawing, programming…This article tells us what a career in technical writing is all about and what it has to offer. I believe that the technical writing aspect of their career is all about what they do.

Department of Labor, this article describes how writers and editors focus on technical writing, what I mean is that technical writing is very significant in their line of work, and they focus on developing technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendixes, or operating and maintenance instructions.

What is Technical Communication?, this article tells you that to have good technical writing skills, you need to be a good communicator. I mean that is correct, I think that you have to communicate in order to do well at things. This article just explains what technical communicators do, but this concept coincides and intertwines with technical writing.

Improving your Technical Writing article focuses on keeping it simple. Technical writing can be drawn out and/or can be wordy but this article merely focuses on the fact that it is better to be clear and concise. That overdoing it will simply just perplex and confuse the reader or your audience.

I guess the reading, Improving your Technical Writing, is more of the style I will use in my career. When I do ask questions and when I listen I want to write down specific points or an exact summary of what they said, as a counselor or psychologist I would need to keep it simple.