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Ronald Schwarz reports: <<I am attempting to recruit a "senior"
technical writer. I am finding people who respond to my job
announcements who have accomplished all sorts of things and claim to
be technical writers so that they can be hired by my company. What
is a technical writer? I need a definition so when I turn someone
down I can give a short answer.>>
Why not simply list your key requirements (i.e., the specific
criteria that _you_ will use to decide whether to interview or reject
someone), and leave the definition problem to Merriam-Webster et al.?
For example, it doesn't matter whether someone claims to be a
technical writer if they don't meet your criterion for "ability to
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