RE: What's a "documentation specialist," as opposed to a writer?

Subject: RE: What's a "documentation specialist," as opposed to a writer?
From: "Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>
To: "Latella, Vincent" <VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>, "Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:43:06 -0500

I've seen the "documentation specialist" title used for glorified clerks
who track and assemble documentation from various internal sources, and
make sure it gets to the right users. No writing involved.

- Jessica

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RE: What's a "documentation specialist," as opposed to a writer?: From: Sean Brierley
RE: What's a "documentation specialist," as opposed to a writer?: From: Latella, Vincent

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