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What about Information Developer? Two years ago I was a Technical Writer. I
transferred to another division, in the same company, and now I am an
Information Developer. Same job and responsibilities, different title.
The only confusing this I have run into is searching job sites. You have to
run each title to see all related positions that might be open.
So, no one has yet mentioned "Information Architect"? That's a new title
being bandied about lately. I'm sure a half dozen people will reply "oh,
that's something TOTALLY different!" Information Architect sounds, on
the surface, more impressive than Documentation Specialist, but I
suspect that very soon "architect" will be used as a verb, just like
"author" is now. Eccchhhhh!
(In case you didn't deduce, I'm with Robert. Are these titles devised by
non-writers?)
> -----Original Message-----
<snip>
> My advice is to forget about "Documentation Specialist" and other
> puffy
> titles. Think about ditching the word "Technical." The single word,
> "Writer," is a great job title. "Senior Writer" may not be an
> improvement.
> "Editor" is also cool. "Managing Editor" is even better.
>
> As many people have mentioned, no one outside the tech pubs biz knows
> what a
> "Documentation Specialist" is, and even we don't agree. Similarly,
> many
> people inside the high-tech industry are confused about what a "Tech
> Writer"
> is. But pare it down to "Writer," and people become very respectful.
>
> -- Robert
>
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