Seen the STC Survey on May 22? (Was: TC definition)

[Michael West <WestM -at- conwag -dot- com>]

> From: "Pro TechWriter"

> The funny thing is, when I was prompted to choose the industry that I 
work
> in, once again, "Software" was not included.  I don't work for
> manufacturing, I don't work for IT, I work for a software company!
> [...] Software is all we do, and we
> don't report to IT. In our organization, IT is the "help desk support" 
part
> of the company.

Perhaps I'm overlooking something ironical here, but a "software company" 
is clearly within the IT industry for all intents and purposes, regardless 
of how your place of employment chooses to organize itself internally.

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