RE: Hostility towards STC

Subject: RE: Hostility towards STC
From: John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:00:08 -0400


>I would never suggest that certification be a requirement for an entry
>level tech writing gig--or really for any tech writing gig. I don't see
>it as being useful for keeping people out of jobs. I just see it as

Neither do I

>something you take to your current employer and use to leverage a better
>assignment, a raise, more authority, ....

Agreed

>Certification, if it is ever to exist in the field, should be a way of
>demonstrating that you _are_ experienced, not a way to _get_ experience.

Agreed

John Posada
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