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You asked:
>Is it ethical and appropriate to put "technical writer" on my business
cards,
>even if that isn't my official job title?
I'm not even going touch the ethical part. As for "appropriate," I,
personally, don't see why not. It's descriptive of what you do. I often have
to ask for a clear text explanation of official job titles, so it seems
expedient and expeditious to type yourself up front. Perhaps you could blend
your title and your reality...Aerospace engineer/Technical writer.
I've always wanted to put Documentation Goddess on my business cards but my
employers seem to think that's excessive...
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: Meg Halter [mailto:aiki4us -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:35 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Business cards
Hi all --
I am one of those who IS attending the STC conference. I'm
looking forward to learning more about the writing and tools
side, since I know lots about the technical side. (Besides, I
don't think there'd be much of a draw to sessions relevant to
what I do, such as "How to reverse engineer and document legacy
Fortran spaghetti code".)
Anyway, here's my question. My official job title is aerospace
engineer, even though I mostly write these days. Is it ethical
and appropriate to put "technical writer" on my business cards,
even if that isn't my official job title?
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