Executives, programmers, and engineers may think they are exclusive castes but there are many tell signs that technical writers, and requirements analysts know.

1. You don’t know as much about our technology as you portray. This is not a bad thing. However, you make it suck because you aren’t willing to sit down with the people who know and educate yourself about technology. Your underlings are willing to help if you would only ask. You can’t hide forever.
2. Your emotional blustering and posturing only serves to degrade your credibility.
3. You are phoning it in and have been doing it for sometime.
4. You lack problem solving and analytical skills.