Re: Senior vs. principal writer

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Even that depends. My last company had several groups under the same
umbrella, across 12 geographies. We had a few principal writers (and
some principle writers, thanks to sloppy HR paperwork).

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584
CBSS/GBHDB <Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- robins -dot- af -dot- mil> wrote:
> You might have several "Senior" Writers, but you can only have one
> "Principal" Writer.
> A Principal Writer could be described as the "Publication Chef" while
> the other writers (Senior and otherwise) would be like the documentation
> sous-chef and line cooks to whom is given certain portions of the menu
> depending on their skill level. It is understood that the final product
> will be attributed (for better or worse) to the "Principal Writer." The
> term is very applicable to a single-sourcing environment where one TW is
> responsible for the "big picture."

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