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Subject:Re: new title: Information Developer From:Kathy Borg-Todd <kborgtod -at- SCTCORP -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:02:09 -0500
To all Tech Writers, Content Developers, Info Designers, Word
Wranglers, Grammar Gurus, et al:
At the risk of making some of my more pompous colleagues irate, I
prefer "Practitioner of the Invisible".
At 09:35 AM 1/6/99 -0800, George Beinhorn wrote:
>SNIP>
>
>I'd rather be called a tech "editor" and do the real work of
>clarifying and creating content.
and still more...
As you'll note in my signature, my title is "Technical Content
Developer",
which seems to strike a happy middle ground. Thoughts?
====================
Darren Barefoot
Technical Content Developer
dbarefoot -at- mps-canada -dot- com
MPS Canada, Vancouver, BC
604.904.0822 ext.112
www.mps-inc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Seraidaris [mailto:seraidarisc -at- VIEWSONIC -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 3:21 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: new title: Information Developer
Is there a risk of jeopardizing our future marketability to
companies =
whose HR departments may only have job openings for a "technical
=
writers"? Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Thanks.
Chris Seraidaris
I prefer "Practitioner of the Invisible".
