RE: STC is broken

Subject: RE: STC is broken
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 08:25:07 -0400

In my industry (medical devices), people ask for "documentation" all the
time, and that's exactly what they mean.

The job title is less important than the end product. Your documentation
can be created by an Operations Communicator, a Business Writer, or a
Technical Facilitator - as long as it's good documentation.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael West
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:10 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: STC is broken
>
> ... My advice to Rob or others who want to see how
> "high" they can go is to get as far away from the
> word "documentation" as they possibly can, as
> quickly as they can. Make *communications* your
> profession, and your life-long study, and you'll
> be surprised how quickly life improves. Banish the
> word "documentation" from your vocabulary. It's so
> last century.
>

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