Technical Writer
Large
software firm (or large, firm software) seeks technical writer with 2-5
years experience interfacing with incomprehensible subject matter
experts and then walking away and making up plausible-sounding
procedures out of thin air. High Blarney quotient an asset. Must have
own bottle. Apply at Flannery's Pub and Accounting in
McCluskey-Balloon Street, Dublin 2.
[Irish law requires we repeat this
ad in Gaeilge for the benefit of seven people in Galway and leprechauns.]|
Written by Fledermaus (3248 comments posted) 18th March 2008 | Where can I apply?  High Blarney quotient, brilliant  |
Written by Phil (6683 comments posted) 18th March 2008 | interfacing with incomprehensible subject matter - sure we're n IT?
Enjoyed
Phil |
Written by andybyers (171 comments posted) 19th March 2008 | Thanks, guys... it was fun to write.  |
Written by mia_ms_kim (997 comments posted) 25th March 2008 | I can relate to this. I've done some technical writing myself. I lasted, I think, two years, before my brain went numb from using fancy abbreviations and dreaming up profound diagrams to impress potential buyers etc. What you say is often true. Hundreds of technical writers, millions of pages - and all those man-hours billed - it's frightening.
Mia |
Written by Steve_K (54 comments posted) 31st March 2008 | "Irish law requires we repeat this ad in Gaeilge for the benefit of seven people in Galway and leprechauns"
Ha, ha, ha....so very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,very, very, very funny. Please excuse my emphasis on the word 'very' since English is my second language. I wonder what my first is? And shock horror I'm not from Galway nor am I a leprechaun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Written by andybyers (171 comments posted) 31st March 2008 | | Oh, you're from Quebec. |
Written by Steve_K (54 comments posted) 3rd April 2008 | Like I said your so very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,very, very, very funny  | Truth stranger than fiction?????
Written by Bagheera (680 comments posted) 3rd April 2008 |
.. I picked up a warning from another [US-based] writing site about a firm who are trying to recruit "ghostwriters" at the moment .... offering "copies of the finished work" as payment, and the "possibility" of further work at a rate which equates to LESS THAN a quarter of ONE US cent!!! per word.
Did I mention that they alwo expect the "team" of ghostwriters to assume SOLE RESPONSIBILITY for research and checking sources????
 If it wasn't so blatant it could (almost!) be funny ...  |
Written by stevetroster (1549 comments posted) 3rd April 2008 | Ghost writers?????????????
You'll be suggesting ghost reviewers next...................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Written by andybyers (171 comments posted) 3rd April 2008 | Like I said your so very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,very, very, very funny
Wow. That good? Apparently the standards have really dropped since poor old Dave Allen passed away. But at least you're giving Frank McCourt a run for his money when it comes to deft Irish wordplay and the turn of a phrase, so good for you, Steve. Or rather, very, very, very, very, very good... |
Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 16th April 2008 | You are absolutely right about the SME's...they completely incorrigible...i was into e-learning for a while...went nuts...funny piece...enjoyed reading this...
Regards,
TT |
Written by woody44 (774 comments posted) 23rd April 2008 | I applied to the address Andy but they wrote back saying the place was now an Irish Soushi bar..
Loved it.
Roger |
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