RE: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

If the shoe fits...

Leonard
 

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om] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:27 PM
To: Beth Agnew; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with people
in the profession having the discussion within it.  The danger
is that people outside the profession will overhear it, because 
it's the sort of thing that gives them the impression that we're 
all Tina the Tech Writer.

Gene Kim-Eng



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From: "Beth Agnew" <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken


>I don't see anything wrong with having a profession of Technical 
> Communication and the practitioners within it calling themselves 
> anything they like, from technical communicator, technical
illustrator, 
> web developer, information developer, and documentation specialist, to

> information officer, usability guru, documentalist, performance
support 
> evangelist, or even typer. :-) If it gets you hired, and paid, it
ain't 
> wrong.

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