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> Nothing personal against you Technical Communicators
> out there, but I always
> found the term a bit fluffy.
You could give me the title of "jackass" and it
wouldn't change how I work. But that's another thread
altogether. ;)
> This reminds me of a techwr-l thread a while back
> that discussed whether one
> can be a manager when one manages documents but not
> people.
By title, yes. By job, no.
> Last week, I had a conversation with my boss. She
> was dangling an assortment
> of carrots in front of me (money, fame, immortality,
> great cosmic powers,
> etc) and told me that there might be a higher-level
> position for me in the
> future. She then explained that it likely wouldn't
> be called a management
> position, but that wouldn't matter because she knows
> titles aren't important
> to me. I guess that's what she gathered from my
> discomfort about the Team
> Lead thing..that titles aren't important to me.
Titles are important within an organization, but
outside that specific environment they don't mean
much. I have a friend who is a CTO. Sounds great, but
in reality the company is 6 people large and the
"secretary" has a "Marketing Director" title.
It's all relative.
> Anyway, it's all kinda funny and sad. Speaking of
> amorphous, I'm going to end this ramble now.
Aww... I enjoyed it!
=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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