Individual Post on 4 Articles

After comparing the four readings, I felt that many themes within the articles were interrelated.  Each stressed good points about technical writing - by giving tips, facts about jobs, or stressing how useful technical writing is in the real world.  In my field, PrePharmacy, I feel that technical writing is extremely common and apparent.  Daily examples are dosages on prescriptions; they must be written in a technical, precise way so anyone can easily understand what is written.  

Article 1: "A Career in Technical Communication: What's In It for You?" This article helped show that technical communication is a very broad skill that can be used in just about every field.  It also shinned a light on how there will always be a need for technical communicators, because technology is a vastly growing field.  

Article 2: "US Department of Labor" This reading stressed the facts about employment and earnings within job related fields.  One thing the article pointed out that doesn't usually come to mind when I think of technical writing is that technical writers also edit illustrations, photos, diagrams and charts.  This is important especially in engineering and design specifications, probably as well as in advertising.  Writers and Editors depend on each other for their work to be as well done as possible, for example. 

Article 3: Didn't work.

Article 4: "Ten Ways to Improve Your Technical Writing" This selection talked about how good communication and well written technical writing can be successful. My favorite tip was keep it simple. "Write to express - not to impress."  This seems like something I need to remember; often times I forget that a conversational style can add more clarity to my work than a cluttered "trying-too-hard" style in which I often end up turning to.