RE: Just a Tech Writer (medium length)

[Kathryn Marshall <Kathryn -dot- E -dot- Marshall -at- jpl -dot- nasa -dot- gov>]

This might bring a smile to any of you feeling down because you're "just a 
tech writer." I just got back from a doctor's appointment. HMO. New doctor 
that I might as well have picked blindfolded. I went in there with a big 
'ole "'tude" about the whole HMO process. Turns out the doctor was SUPER 
cool and very chatty. After I told him I was a technical writer, he was 
clearly intrigued and kept asking me questions -- the first of which was, 
"Are you the ones that write those manuals, 'put slot A into slot B?'" But 
then I proceeded to tell him I've edited manuals for physicians among other 
things. Well, he couldn't stop asking me questions about it and was 
thoroughly impressed/fascinated.

I actually felt cool being "just a tech writer" today. :-)


-Kathryn


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