Week 2 post1

All four articles were very informative about technical writing. The article, STC’s “A Career In Technical Writing,” focused more on the type of jobs and the role that technical communicators have in a company. The article also informed us of the type of personality that is recommended to work in this type of area. I felt that the article titled U.S. Department of Labor was the most informative out of all the other three articles. This article talks about what exactly a writer does, their office hours and working conditions, what training and qualifications are needed, the job outlook, and finally the salary of a writer. The article What Is Technical Communication, focused mainly on what exactly technical communicators do and the variety of tasks they perform. Improving Your Technical Writing gives tips to improve technical writing. This article works toward developing style and better word choice that makes writing clearer for the writer’s audience. The article is very helpful and gives many examples on how to fix mistakes often made in writing. I know this article will most definitely benefit my writing in the future. The article named U.S. Department of Labor talks about how medical writers convey research findings for scientific or medical professions. This also relates to my future job where I will conduct research in my specific area about new and improved findings that relate to nutrition and diet plans where I will then write up reports to inform others. The article Improving Your Technical Writing also helps in my career where it recommends to be concise and to the point, which I will use when writing down information about the patients and their concerns. All in all, the four articles gave a great deal of information on technical writing.