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Subject:Re: Various Job Titles for Technical Writers ?? From:Scott Havens <SHavens -at- ELCOTEL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:40:07 -0500
...For example, "Documentations Specialist" -- what exactly
> does that mean?...
>
...At Made2Manage, Documentation
> Specialists are entry-level... But I've read posts from people on this
> list that say
> that, in their environment, Documentation Specialist is a
> super-senior-level position...
>
I guess it does depend largely on the company you're with. Here
at Elcotel, the Doc Specialists work in Engineering Config Control,
worrying about product release procedures, drawings, etc. They're the
people who get archival copies of our technical documents after we're
done with them. YMMV!
