[mythtv-users] OT: Documentation?!?! (was Re: MythFrontend 0.21: What is a watch list?)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Jon wrote:

> On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>
>> Maybe my experience is different because I do Quality Assurance and
>> I'm quite good at it. ;) Companies are willing to pay a premium for  
>> my
>> talents in that area so I normally get hired by companies that know
>> the value of a good end-user experience - including good QA and
>> Documentation. So to that I say maybe you're working at the wrong
>> places if they're not hiring tech writers.
>
> The question then becomes, are these companies publicly owned, or
> private enterprise. In my experience, private enterprise has
> generally got their shit way more together than publicly traded
> companies. When you give shareholders control of your company, they
> don't care about anything but profits. Honestly, there's no shortage
> of people that would like better documentation at my company...

The first couple of companies were privately held. The last company I  
worked for was bought by a publicly traded company that had more QA  
and writing staff than I've ever seen (not in my department but in  
others). I've recently left there because you're right, those  
companies are pretty screwed up. :)