why technology aptitude is important in technical writing?
Though we say that a writer need not know the technology about which he/she is going to write, it helps a lot if you are knowledgeable.
when I started writing, since I moved from development to writing it was easy. The companies just gave me the application and asked me to write.
but when I was doing freelancing, there was one company which wanted to write about an insurance application, that too US company. Where the terms itself was very new to me.
and its sort of embarrassing to ask the meaning of each and every term.
it was such a challenge to get it done.
so it’s important to know the domain and few technologies too.
generally we say that it is the duty of the project team to explain the product.but in real time it does not happen. They are so busy with the release so it’s better you are capable of doing your own walkthrough of the application. Initially maybe they will spend some time on the product it’s features etc, but if you are aware of the tech or domain,they will feel very relieved. My experience..