Re: RE:classification -- was definition. . .

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

No, it's decidedly capitalist in nature.  You're a technical writer
if you can secure and hold employment under that job title, as
is anyone you hire under that job title who can handle the work
you assign.  Technical writers attempting to "declassify" other 
technical writers who are successfully making a living in the
profession based on their background, education, training,
type of documents they write, etc., just gives hiriing managers 
something to laugh about at best, and at worst makes technical
writers appear to be petulant prima donnas who are afraid to face
competition or admit that there are forms of technical writing
that they are not qualified to perform.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
In short, the synthetic distinctions being used to this point in this
discussion arguably don't make much sense--except, perhaps, in terms of
Marxist literary criticism. And I don't think the Marxist approach is
the most cogent in this case. 

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