Re: Maybe We Need a New Job Title - Summary

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Dianne Blake <write-it -at- home -dot- com> wrote:

>There are technical writers and then there are
>folks who wear many hats. I think that some employers forget
that when
>they write an ad that requires more than technical writing
skills.

In my time, I've been called a "technical writer," "technical
communicator," "technical editor" (all these first three further
subdivided by "junior," "intermediate" and senior"), "information
designer," "documentation specialist," "publications manager" and
"product manager." Except for the last one (which involves other
duties beyond documentation), none of these titles have changed
what I do, how it's regarded, or how I get paid for it.

To hurl a blinding flash of the obvious into the discussion:
work's work, and, no matter what you call yourself, it still
needs to be done.

--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
3015 Aries Place, Burnaby, BC V37 7E8, Canada
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7189

"To Newgate Jail they took him, the Ranters' dream was dead,
He had no taste for martyrdom, 'I will recant,' he said,
'I banished sin, but I have erred, it cannot be denied,
That these are sins: greed, tyranny, hypocrisy, and pride.'"
-Leon Rosselson, "Abezier Coppe"