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Subject:RE: Fear and Loathing at the Job Site From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 8 May 2003 11:12:07 -0400
And if we all got together and said, Technical Writing isn't a job title,
but a profession, think we might be looked at differently?
When I hear someone say Technical Writing isn't a profession, I think "we'll
you must not be doing it right."
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream
of things that never were, and ask why not?"
-----Robert Francis Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Baker [mailto:mbaker -at- ca -dot- stilo -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:04 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Fear and Loathing at the Job Site
>
> > I just ran across an ad for a "technical writer"
> > in Colorado that offered - believe it - an hourly rate of $5.50.
> > Sheesh.
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again. Technical writer isn't a
> profession, it's a job title.
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