Response to Articles
The first article was mainly about technical writing in the field of technology. It discussed the many different needs of the field for certain types of writing. I am not entering a field that deals with technology so this article really did not apply to me even though it was interesting to see that there is a need for these things in the field. When I consider careers that are heavily based in technology I usually assume that there is no need for technical writing, but apparently there is.
The second article was about many different types of writers that are present in the professional world. This article discussed the many different types and pointed out what qualifications were needed and what the job actually dealt with. I was very surprised to find out that there is actually a profession know as "technical writer"! Most of these careers were communications oriented although there was a segment that discussed writing in the medical field. Since I am going to be working either as a counselor of as some sort of case worker many of the things that I may have to deal with could be the types of research writing that were discussed in this article.
The third article had to do with technical communications and exactly what that means on a professional level. The part of this article that was the most relevant to my field is conducting internal training for an organization. There will probably come a time in my career when I will be responsible for the training of another person and the use of written guides will probably be employed.
The fourth article dealt with technical writing and how to improve your individual technical writing for the field you anticipate entering. One thing that I found useful was the section on jargon and how it should be used for different audiences. When I am writing for my career it is important that I use terms that will be understood by the different audiences. When I am writing for colleagues it would be appropriate to use psychological or even psychiatric terms whereas if I was writing for a patient or someone outside of the profession it might be helpful to explain certain terms or to use a description that would be easily understood.
The second article was about many different types of writers that are present in the professional world. This article discussed the many different types and pointed out what qualifications were needed and what the job actually dealt with. I was very surprised to find out that there is actually a profession know as "technical writer"! Most of these careers were communications oriented although there was a segment that discussed writing in the medical field. Since I am going to be working either as a counselor of as some sort of case worker many of the things that I may have to deal with could be the types of research writing that were discussed in this article.
The third article had to do with technical communications and exactly what that means on a professional level. The part of this article that was the most relevant to my field is conducting internal training for an organization. There will probably come a time in my career when I will be responsible for the training of another person and the use of written guides will probably be employed.
The fourth article dealt with technical writing and how to improve your individual technical writing for the field you anticipate entering. One thing that I found useful was the section on jargon and how it should be used for different audiences. When I am writing for my career it is important that I use terms that will be understood by the different audiences. When I am writing for colleagues it would be appropriate to use psychological or even psychiatric terms whereas if I was writing for a patient or someone outside of the profession it might be helpful to explain certain terms or to use a description that would be easily understood.
posted by Nikki at 6/02/2007 12:29:00 PM
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