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Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
Subject:Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers? From:Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L Digest <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:21:00 -0400
Milan DavidoviÄ asks about the certification goals of increasing our respect and employability/salary:
> What could I take as objective evidence (i.e. something more than
> anecdotes or opinion) that these have become the case?
For the latter, I should think BLS data, plus practitioner surveys, would suffice. For the former, I think it's going to have to be subjective measurement.
I should tell you that when we did the driver exercise in 2009, legitimacy and respect was the #1 thing.
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