Re: Give Me a Clear Thinker (was STC certification: what's in it fortech writers?)

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The traditional distinction between trade and professional is the level of 
creativity involved in the work.  The welder is no less skilled or ethical 
than the engineer, but the welder applies skill to the construction of what 
the engineer conceives and designs.  And it is not a matter of superior 
skills either, just different ones.  Most welders don't design the things 
they weld, but most engineers probably couldn't weld something together 
properly in a month of Sundays.

The technical communications analogy would probably be writers vs DTP 
operators.  Most DTP operators don't write, but in a race the production 
output and error-free data input of a good operator would leave the average 
writer in the dust.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Despopoulos" <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>
I really have to take issue with the notion that a tradesman will do 
something stupid if the customer asks for it. A welder, for example, will 
not build a structure that is unsafe just for the money. Ultimately, that 
welder will be held responsible if somebody gets hurt. On the other side of 
that coin, I can't tell you how many times I've been told to ship 
sub-standard work. If the client draws the line and wants to ship as-is, how 
is that different from your description of a (mere) tradesman?


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