PERSON
Jack Falk
Jack Falk
- Jack Falk was a technical writing manager and mentor to Randal Schwartz at Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon.
Mentorship at Tektronix
- Along with Lyle Settle, Jack Falk mentored Randal when he began as a summer temp technical writer at age 16 in 1978.
- Jack helped shape Randal's technical writing discipline, teaching him how to organize complex software architecture into accessible, elegant documentation.
Book Acknowledgments
- Randal acknowledged Jack Falk (alongside Lyle Settle) in the acknowledgments of his cornerstone O'Reilly Media books, including Programming Perl and Learning Perl.
- See Landing at Tektronix at Age 16 Through Uncle's Introduction and My Summer Temp Job at Tektronix and Learning to Write.
What links here
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.