My job at Ableton

My last post covered lots of questions that I’m often asked. As I look at it now, I realize that it reads like a litany of things I no longer do. So for balance, here’s a bit more about my current gig.

The short answer is that I’m a technical writer.

(Tip: if someone asks you what you do, don’t tell them that you’re a technical writer unless you want them to go away. It’s like telling them that you’re a mortician or a Republican. You can see the interest drain from their face, and their expectation of now-it’s-gonna-get-lame is palpable.)

OAQ (Occasionally Asked Questions)

Here are some questions (and corresponding answers) that I seem to be asked fairly often. I’m not asked them often enough to make this a real FAQ, and personal FAQs are boring and narcissistic; it’s likely that the question I’m asked the most often is “Would you like room for milk?”