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Re: Seen the STC Survey on May 22? (Was: TC definition)
Subject:Re: Seen the STC Survey on May 22? (Was: TC definition) From:"Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> Date:Sat, 31 May 2008 07:29:07 -0400
OK, now I'm confused as well. This seems to support the complaint that
software was missing from the list of industries.
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Michael West <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> wrote:
> What you do as a profession and what industry you happen to be working in
> are two different things. I'm a tech writer. I happen to be working for an
> Engineering firm, so that's the industry I'm working in. It isn't my job
> description, but it's where I work. One is *what* I do and the other is
> *where* I do it.
> Industry. Profession. Two different things.
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