A friend of mine sent me a job announcement where he works and was quite exuberant at the idea of me applying for the position and coming to work there. The salary is about right, and would not require any relocation. Plus, as he says "...you could totally do this job in your sleep"! Only hesitancy I have is an acronym I'd not heard before - DITA.
Per Wikipedia (Google), it doesn't seem that crazy or outlandish, as it's built into the open source schema of XML markdown structuring with 5 categories of specialization. While I just now learned of this, I've been doing technical writing as an additional duty for decades now (*sigh* is it really decades? - yes, why yes it has... ).
So, to my question(s):
Is anyone else in technical writing and uses the DITA references for categorization and reuse? How long did it take you to become proficient with it?
Would it be wrong to include a bullet now in my resume saying that I am familiar with DITA, or would I need to complete a certain amount of work in this capacity to do that? I know people have beefed up resumes for years, even lying outright, but that's just not my style...and I'd hate to misrepresent myself. Thoughts here would be welcome.
Per Wikipedia (Google), it doesn't seem that crazy or outlandish, as it's built into the open source schema of XML markdown structuring with 5 categories of specialization. While I just now learned of this, I've been doing technical writing as an additional duty for decades now (*sigh* is it really decades? - yes, why yes it has... ).
So, to my question(s):
Is anyone else in technical writing and uses the DITA references for categorization and reuse? How long did it take you to become proficient with it?
Would it be wrong to include a bullet now in my resume saying that I am familiar with DITA, or would I need to complete a certain amount of work in this capacity to do that? I know people have beefed up resumes for years, even lying outright, but that's just not my style...and I'd hate to misrepresent myself. Thoughts here would be welcome.