Re: Technical Writing Certifications

["Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I'll ask again, since this seems to be getting lost in translation:

Are we talking about Technical Writing certification or Technical
Writer certification?

Or,

Are we focusing on certifying proficiency in the task of writing or
are we focusing on the proficiency in a role?

I ask because the two are very different, and require a very different
set of "passing criteria".

On 9/27/07, Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> *** Not expressing an opinion about certification, but only about
> certificate programs and education in general ***
>
>
> I understand Bill's viewpoint, BUT.....
>
> My $.02: I have experience, as a teacher, with certificate programs, and
> also about two decades working as a member of software development teams
> (sometimes as a PM, which I have been trained for). I believe that technical
> writing uses either different approaches to, or subsets of, the larger PM
> methods. And it's worth it to teach and learn those methods.

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