humor Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it

Subject: humor Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it
From: cewinch -at- aep -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:14:32 -0500

"All the versions of me"? I can see the T-shirt now...."Does one need to
have multiple personalities to be a technical writer?...No, but it helps."

;)

Connie Winch
Senior Technical Communicator
American Electric Power
cewinch -at- aep -dot- com




"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Sent by: techwr-l-bounces+cewinch=aep -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
02/20/2009 03:10 PM

To
"TECHWR-L Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
cc

Subject
Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it






I work at being a generalist with at least one or two
skills that stand out enough for me to claim them as
specialties (these have varied over time). I maintain
resumes for all versions of me, just in case.

Gene Kim-Eng



On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Connie Giordano
<connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> wrote:
> Back in the 90's I heard and saw a lot of so-called
> experts advising writers to "specialize, generalists
> don't have any career future." I'm so very glad
> I ignored that advice.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals.
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control!
http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as cewinch -at- aep -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/cewinch%40aep.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals.
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat


Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it: From: Gene Kim-Eng

Previous by Author: RE: Help with job titles, pleaes
Next by Author: Re: Specimen observed in the wild
Previous by Thread: Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it
Next by Thread: Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads