Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

For someone who believes that anyone with the title of
"technical writer" can write about anything, maybe.  That's 
why it's a bad idea to do anything to make the job title 
any more generic than it already is.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
> I'll bet this causes a lot of mistakes in hiring tech writers. With one 
> title, small wonder that we're sometimes expected to be One Size Fits All.
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