RE: How many technical writers wear different hats?

["Rick Bishop" <rickbishop -at- austin -dot- rr -dot- com>]

 Wow! that list has to be a 'hat' record. But then everyone I've ever met
from Nederland has been pretty much the same: multiple widely diverging
talents and skills.
My personal favorite is:
"Remember that engineer that designed the widget you wrote all the manuals
for? Well, he quit yesterday, so can you do the Tier 3 help calls on that
while we try to hire a new guy?"
Rick

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I too would be amazed to hear of any TW wearing only one hat. 

After "officially" joining the profession, I have variously been:

- programmer
- database programmer
- software QA (SEI auditor)
- trainer
- logistics engineer
- web developer
- translator
- field service engineer
- multimedia developer
- user interface designer
- standards expert
- network systems manager
- CALS expert
- TeX expert/administrator
- SGML consultant
- HyTime expert
- application support
- XML expert
- FrameMaker developer
- content management expert

In my current job: 

- online help developer
- embedded help developer
- user assistance developer
- wiki developer/manager/owner/author
- localization manager
- usability consultant/auditor
- translator
- editor

... oh, and I write too. 

Simon North.

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