RE: [TCP] certification (was: ranting STC)

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

It always seemed to me that part of the job
description "Writer" included researcher, so most
writer's bookshelves overflow and their PDF stashes
invade the recesses of the hard drive.

I like the idea of a certification but, like all
things, it would have to be done intelligently. I like
it more in response to the job market than as a good
idea in itself.

--- Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
wrote:

> By the way, aside to John, I can read about
> usability and 
> learn some hints to apply to my work, and not have
> to take 
> a formal course - much of which would be
> me-or-my-employer 
> paying for review of stuff I'd already read - but it
> won't 
> help me any more or less in talking with the company
> usability 
> engineer(s).  We don't have any of those.
<gap>
> On the other hand, as things change in techwriting,
> I've had to 
> learn and adapt, so my shelves that formerly
> contained books 
> on tools and techniques for book-like documentation
> now are 
> filling with tracts on Help and interface design.
> Well, actually 
> it's not so much the physical bookshelf as the hard
> drive and the 
> browser favorites.





 
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