A student perspective is provided on the process of teaching technical writing as a process parallel to computer programming. The idea that each follows a recognizable series of discrete steps is presented, and the steps that parallel each other are contrasted.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>