Re: tech writers in the public eye

["Alex Silbajoris" <alsilba -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Perhaps the reason the Richter show chose a tech writer is the invisibility 
of the profession and its products in the general public view.

If the character had been a programmer, the next question would be what 
programs are produced?  If it had been a bookeeper, some dramatic content 
might hinge on the handling of funds.  If a boss, then how are the office 
relations?

But a technical writer?  If the public thinks that anybody can write, then 
what is the value added by a "tech" writer?  What's the difference between 
that and a "tech" valet parking attendant?

Or, what greater contrast than that between a guy who rules the universe, 
and a guy who sits in a drab cubicle doing "nothing" all day?

- A


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