Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-athena.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad! decvax!mit-athena!lbm From: l...@mit-athena.ARPA (Linda B Merims) Newsgroups: net.jobs Subject: MIT Project Athena Technical Writer Message-ID: <55@mit-athena.ARPA> Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 14:38:33 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-athe.55 Posted: Tue Oct 23 14:38:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Oct-84 04:12:40 EDT Organization: MIT, Project Athena, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 61 MIT Project Athena Technical Writer Project Athena is a five year effort to integrate computing into the undergraduate curriculum at MIT. From giving the beginning French student a fictitious Paris and then posing the problem, "Find an apartment," to handing the electrical engineering student a computer simulated antenna design kit and saying "Explore magnetic fields," Athena wants to find ways to use the power of networked, high-speed, personal graphics workstations to illuminate concepts students encounter learning the sciences, engineering, and humanities. Athena's three major partners are MIT, DEC, and IBM. We are using Berkeley 4.2 Unix as our base system. Athena is looking for a Technical Writer. As a member of Athena's User Services group, this person will: - Write, edit, and produce user documentation, systems documentation, and public relations material. - Work with systems development personnel, and MIT faculty and staff to develop documentation standards and procedures to assure proper documentation of their projects. - Provide technical support to users including acting as an area expert for one or more software systems, answering user questions, and teaching short courses. - Participate in the maintenance, design, and implementation of online documentation systems. - Participate in the design, testing, and implementation of new Athena services. To qualify for this job, you should: - Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience. - Have evidence of excellent written and verbal communications skills. - Have experience writing technical documentation for non-technical and technical users. - Be familiar with computer systems, screen editors, text formatters, graphics systems, one or more computer languages, online documentation systems, and networking concepts. - Have experience as a user and teacher of computer systems (in a university environment, if possible). - Be good natured, but tough. Send resume and writing sample (both required) by U.S. MAIL to: Linda B. Merims Documentation Manager Project Athena E40-431 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 MIT is an equal opportunity employer.