Re: ADMIN: New Poll Question

[John Fleming <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:51:12 -0500, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net (Dick Margulis) wrote:

> $Other/None of the above.
> $
> $I have never _been_ a tech writer nor do I expect ever to _be_ one.
> $
> $Tech writing is a job I do, fairly often, when I'm working. Sometimes I 
> $do other things. I've done quite a bit of tech writing over the years 
> $and expect to do quite a bit more before I die. (Retire? What's that?) 
> $But I do not define myself by my occupation.
> $
> $I'm a person, striving to be a mensch but not striving to be a [insert 
> $job title here].

I picked 'Other/None of the Above' too, but for different reasons.

While the work I do these days is more social sciences, my background is
technical and I tend to think of myself as a technical person and
physical scientist first.

Though it doesn't have to be writing, I like to bring that
technical/scientific lean into as much of what I do as possible.
  
John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta


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