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Subject:RE: Re: Senior vs. principal writer From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:49:19 +0000
In this particular case I was moving from pubs manager with a team of seven writers to first writer for a start-up. I wasn't particularly concerned about what I was called, other than "better paid," but I think the company looked at the string of manager titles on my resume and thought something more than "technical writer" was needed, either by me or by the investors or customers I would be dealing with.
Gene Kim-Eng
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On 3/17/2010 5:30 PM Richard Mateosian wrote:
I've had that title at two large companies. It was the highest level
of tech writer, but despite the normal meaning of "principal," it was
not exclusive.
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