Re: Skills vs education (was: Senior technical writer?)

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

  Things may be very different in Canada, but this list is
  >predominantly US, and let's face it, to most people in the US Canada
  >is just that big, cold place up north populated by
  >people who talk funny and whose main function is to serve
  >as skewering targets for the cartoon characters on South Park.
  OUCH!!!! Maybe these are the people that  need a little education to
  go with their skills...eh? :)
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    From:  "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
    To:  <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
    Subject:  Re: Skills vs education (was: Senior technical writer?)
    Date:  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:34:43 -0700
    >Because you are arguing that another country's professionals are
    not
    >"real professionals" because they don't meet the standards of
    yours.
    >  In the US engineering *is* a profession,
    >and the vast majority of US engineers are considered
    "professionals"
    >(last figure I heard, about 2,000,000) and employed as such
    without
    >the need to be "Licensed Professionals."
    >
    >Things may be very different in Canada, but this list is
    >predominantly US, and let's face it, to most people in the US
    Canada
    >is just that big, cold place up north populated by
    >people who talk funny and whose main function is to serve
    >as skewering targets for the cartoon characters on South Park.
    >
    >Gene Kim-Eng
    >
    >
    >----- Original Message ----- From:
    ><eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com>
    >
    >How does it change the point of my side comment that you aren't
    and
    >can't be "pro" just by graduating B.Eng?
    >
    >
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