Heroic Technical Writing: Advice and Insights on the Business of Technical Communication

In the late 1990s I attended a career planning class. Part of the class included a method of handling large decisions (e.g., career choices, places to live, etc.). While the course walked us through the process on paper, when I got home, I started using the approach in Microsoft Excel, probably because my handwriting is messy. Today I’ll be sharing that decision-making process–as I remember it–mostly as a way to help you apply some data to difficult choices. I found that I needed this in my 20s because at the time I made a lot of decisions based entirely on my feelings. Maybe you’ll find it useful, too. Continue reading →