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Subject:Re: Maybe We Need a New Job Title - Summary From:TS <tenglish -at- banet -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:40:43 -0700
Hello. I do think that some of these titles get higher pay than a technical
writer. I have looked at Information Architect positions and know people
who are Documentation Managers that definitely make more than technical
writers.
At 10:53 AM 4/10/2000 -0700, Dianne Blake wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>Thank you for all your input. I've received several good suggestions
>for new job titles that might more accurately describe what a technical
>writer does. These are serious titles that IMHO might be worth fighting
>for during job negotiations:
>
> * Documentation Manager
> * Executive Communications Officer
> * Information Analyst
> * Information Architect
> * Information Designer
> * Information Developer
> * Manager of Information Design and Delivery
> * Technical Analyst
> * Technical Communications Specialist
>
>Do you think that companies find these titles more worthy of higher pay
>than a technical writer? Or are you thinking that titles like don't
>mean anything and are like calling a trash man a "sanitation
>specialist"?
