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To anyone I meet who doesn't work in the software industry, I say I am in the Software development industry. That might lead them to assume many different things, but unless they probe further, I don't elaborate.
From: Kat Kuvinka [mailto:katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com]
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Subject: RE: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
Many people have and still do think that as a technical writer I "write computer programs."
My parents are pretty sure I "do computer stuff."
> The only problem with telling people you are a professional writer, from what I can see, is that they immediately assume you write novels, not procedures or instructions or user guides.
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> Me: "Hi, I'm a professional writer."
> Them: "Wow! That's great! What books have you written?"
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> Or
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> Me: "Hi, I'm a technical writer."
> Them: "Oh. What's that?"
>
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