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Subject:Re: Has anyone noticed... From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:11:29 -0700
It's been a long time since I worked anywhere that people didn't know what a
tech writer is.
Outside of the workplace, I respond to the question of what a tech writer is
by saying, "We're the people who write all those instruction manuals you
don't read before you take something you've bought back to the store because
it's too hard to use."
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> I: "Why don't you just call yourself a technical writer?"
>
> M: "Because no one knows what it is."
>
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