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ABSTRACT

This paper discusses how the organization of technical writers vis-à-vis programmers significantly influences the effectiveness of the writer as user advocate. A writer can be treated as a peer to developers, but only if the writer understands the technology they're writing about and helps to improve the product's ease-of-use. This can be achieved more easily in an environment where writers are more closely aligned organizationally with developers.

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