Re: What's a "documentation specialist", as opposed to a writer?

["Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Guess its just another marketing term for plain old "writer". Frequently
(ab)used by manpower consultants to sound sophisticated.

On 12/27/08, Dori Green <dorigreen00 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>
> In my experience it's been the same job with a difference of $10-$20K in
> the pay rate.  On the lower side when the title is "Doc Spec".
>
> And in the old days just to add insult to injury, a writer was male and a
> "documentation specialist" did the same work and had the same training but
> was female and ran the photocopier in addition to her other duties.  But of
> course that never happens any more.
>
> Dori "I am not neither bitter" Green
> Ancient and Wicked Technical Writer
>
> I do admit that in this economy it might be better to be a working DocSpec
> than a starving TW.  I might apply for a DocSpec position and ask for the TW
> title if the job description warrants, and we would refer to the BLS TW
> listing to establish the rate range.  If the job otherwise appeals, I would
> not let title -- or pay -- be a stopper.
> _________________________________________________________________
> Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass.
>
> http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
> solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or
> HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals.
> http://www.doctohelp.com
>
> Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
> authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
> once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control!
> http://www.helpandmanual.com/
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> or visit
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/raj.machhan%40gmail.com
>
>
> To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.
>
> Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing 
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or 
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. 
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat