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Subject: Re: Information Architects; was: Re: job title nomenclature on biz cards
From: Chuck Martin <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:29:29 -0700


Gene Kim-Eng wrote:


OTOH, I think Chuck's original mention of "information architects" was meant as
a comment
on technical writers attempting to inflate their titles to sound more impressive
by calling
themselves things like "information architects," "information developers,"
"information
engineers," etc., etc., ad nauseum, when they're still not doing anything more
than writing.


Just for the record (and I know it wasn't done intentionally, as this has been a long and somewhat convoluted topic), I didn't say anything about "information architect." I did say "engineer," as technical communication *is* an engineering discipline.

There is a difference between those who use titles to mask the fact that they are doing little more than writing and editing, and those who adopt titles that more accurately reflect the work that they do (or know how to do), work where writing might be just a small part of their responsibilities.


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Information Architects; was: Re: job title nomenclature on biz cards: From: David Neeley

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