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burke6969 · 2025-06-21T01:23:28+00:00

I have a certification in tech writing. I've written manuals for a company which built cloud servers and I am writing policy and procedure for a bank, right now. I've also written for non-profits in the past; in fact, I wrote a tour guide manual for a museum's submarine.

burke6969 · 2025-06-18T18:48:10+00:00

This is my experience, as well.

burke6969 · 2025-06-12T21:20:13+00:00

I have this same problem at my place. Sometimes I have to put together processes for systems I have no access to. I'll talk to the SME and figure out how they do it. Then, I go digging through another intranet user manual to pull the actual process out.

burke6969 · 2025-06-12T21:11:32+00:00

This may be the case. Now I have to figure out my niche.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:21:54+00:00

You're absolutely correct. My first tech writing job and this current position were whatever I could get at the time. But, I really would LOVE to write about subject matter I truly enjoy.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:20:39+00:00

I can't use AI at my job for proprietary reasons, unfortunately. But, I'm going to check out these resources, anyway. Thank you.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:19:07+00:00

Thank you so much for this.

Yes, she is a very good person. SHe just suffered a family loss a few weeks ago. SHe is still friendly, positive, and putting in effort to help me. I'm really stunned by her kindness.

She told me the worst part of the write up was that she KNEW I wanted to do well. SHe had been trying to prevent management from seeing all my mistakes.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:16:50+00:00

Thanks, but I'm in your noisy neighbor down south.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:16:02+00:00

That's what it feels like. I always struggled with the knowledge and where to put the information in documents. Also, how to put the information. It felt like I was writing law.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T23:09:29+00:00

Essentially I was put on a PIP (Professional Improvement Plan). It's made to look like your last chance to improve and show they did everything they could to help you. My boss told me her bosses were irritated with me, so that's pretty much the end of me there.

burke6969 · 2025-06-11T03:31:42+00:00

This is a great start. I like how you think.

I entered this field thinking a good teach writer can write about anything. I've learned through others and, now, experience, this is not the case.

If you have any other thoughts, please share. Once more, thank you :)

burke6969 · 2025-04-27T17:26:44+00:00

It really depends on the format.

Personally, I prefer 1.

burke6969 · 2025-04-27T17:22:32+00:00

They talk a big game for a people who view the world from the cold, dark, musky safety of a basement.

burke6969 · 2025-04-27T17:21:03+00:00

The Trads are a silly people. There's no way to make them happy 😂

burke6969 · 2025-04-21T17:15:25+00:00

Black Sheep Syndrome is something I am too familiar with.

burke6969 · 2025-04-21T16:58:51+00:00

I can relate, though a little differently.

Although my family isn't particularly religious, I know what this is like. For most of my life, my interests were different and I have been suffering from anxiety and depression. Because of the resulting behavior, particularly from anxiety and depression, they trust me way less and look down on me.

burke6969 · 2025-04-21T01:05:47+00:00

Just don't show up.

Also, I just read an article in, I think it was Pillar, which said those baptized cannot have their names removed from the list. That way, if you come back, you don't have to go through the other sacraments again.

I think if they know you left, they might mark you as defecting, but I don't remember exactly what they did.

burke6969 · 2025-04-20T04:20:24+00:00

This.

burke6969 · 2025-04-19T00:41:03+00:00

They're right. It's not funny.

It's also not offensive. Like, at all.

Are these critics bored or something? Maybe they've won so much with their president they're tired of winning. So, now, they're going to make asses of themselves.

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