RE: [TCP] certification (was: ranting STC

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Subject: RE: [TCP] certification (was: ranting STC
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> "Technical Communicators represent the interface between product and
> user. Professional Technical Communicators are the users' advocates.
> They work for the manufacturers and, at the same, time try to meet the
> users' needs for usable information."
> 
> Not every tech writer works with a commercial product.
> Not every tech writer works for a manufacturer.
> 

Those terms are to be understood generically, though it would have been
better if the writer had conveyed that instead of using terms that might
leave their text open to your particular interpretation. Everybody who does
a job has at least one "customer" or "client," internal or otherwise. It's
the generic idea that counts. For manufacturer, substitute the entity who
pays you for enhancing their product.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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