RE: How we introduce our profession to others . . .

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com>]

I should have added, "I'm sorry, did you work at Nortel?"  I'm not trying to
belittle anyone's situation, but it does have a very large element of truth
to it (which was your point, and I noticed your Cisco domain :).  

For those who don't understand the reference, Nortel is the largest
private-sector employer in Ottawa and by far the largest employer of
technical writers in this area.  Nortel is also in the midst of a massive
layoff, and we all know who gets the boot first ... okay, perhaps *after*
Marketing and Manufacturing, but not by much ...

Cheers ... Kim
mailto:kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a
personality, and an obnoxious one at that.-- me, after a stare-down with
Word 2000

> Kim wrote:
> <snip>
> When I mention it to someone who *does* know what a TW is, I 
> invariably hear
> either, "Oh yeah, I've done some of that," or "Oh yeah, my
> girlfriend/wife/sister/neighbour/housesitter is a technical writer at
> Nortel/wants to be a technical writer at Nortel/married a 
> technical writer,
> I think he works at Nortel."
> </snip>
> 
> Or, given the employment situation there, perhaps "...used to work at
> Nortel" is more apt to be the case!
> 
> Marguerite
> (Who also "used to work at Nortel"!)
> 
> 

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