Re: Senior vs. principal writer

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It can be slightly different in a consulting company that provides
consulting services. A "principal" anything is akin to a position just below
"partner" as in a financial services or law firm. Principals are usually
very senior people who manage others and also manage projects.

Interesting, isn't it, how different the title can be in different
organizations. Of course, as many titles as there are for a "regular"
technical communicator, uh, writer, uh documentation specialist, uh,
information developer...well you see what I mean.

PT

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:37 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."
>
> -Darren
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> What would you say the difference is? Semantic only?
>
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