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Well, there are some people who hear "engineer"
and think "Casey Jones."
Trying to respond to peoples' ignorance about what
"technical writer" means as opposed to "data entry
clerk" by inventing a new title is futile. Unless you
educate people about what you do, a few years
down the line people will hear "information
architect" or "technical communicator" and just
think "data entry clerk with delusions of grandeur."
Gene Kim-Eng
"Jim Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote in message news:mailman -dot- 5 -dot- 1198247506 -dot- 2537 -dot- techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- -dot- -dot-
> Yes, and not necessarily. Most of the threads posted here have dealt with calling oneself a technical writer, which may lead some
> people to think that we are nothing more than data entry clerks, rather than skilled writers, analysts, GUI experts, etc. In
> trying to create a job title that encompasses the depth and breadth of what we do, Technical Communicator or Information Architect
> was suggested. In this thread I'm pointing out that IA has seemed to gain traction as someone who does the things we have been
> quietly doing all these years.
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