Re: Value added (or lost) by technical communication?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Feel free if you like.  If I thought it was really necessary to
constantly train and retrain my management and coworkers 
to understand why they should value having someone like 
me working there, I would be questioning why I was working 
there.

The need to demonstrate to others why we as individuals
are more valuable to them than others who do what we do 
is certainly a default need in any work situation, but why 
would anyone choose to join a profession where the value
of the profession itself is in question?  

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com>
> We should acknowledge that constantly training and 
> re-training management and co-workers regarding the 
> value of technical writing is one of our professional 
> responsibilities. 

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