More on content providers vs. writers and architects

[Anita Legsdin <anita -dot- legsdin -at- watchmark -dot- com>]

Microsoft used to call "content providers" the people with specialized 
knowledge (of trucking, woodcarving, photography, etc.) who wrote articles 
for Encarta and MSN. These people were paid less than software documentors 
and were not looked upon with great respect, I don't think.

The current buzzword is "information architect."  :-)

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>Subject: "Providing content" vs "writing"
>From: Tothscribe -at- aol -dot- com
>Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:54:28 EST
>X-Message-Number: 3
>
>Has anyone ever called themselves a "content provider" and has it worked 
for them?
>
>I was once strongly advised to put "content provider" on my resume because 
it was the computerese buzzword for
>writer and "will get you a much higher salary and way more interest." In 
reality, I got zero callbacks and one temp
>agency asking me what the heck it was that I actually did for a living.
>
>My advice - forget about providing content and just be a writer.
>
>Linnea Dodson

 

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