RE: Technical writer survey: What should we really call ourselves?

Subject: RE: Technical writer survey: What should we really call ourselves?
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:04:23 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Field Carroll
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:57 PM
> To: 'TechWr-L'
> Subject: RE: Technical writer survey: What should we really
> call ourselves?
>
> To me, calling ourselves things like "information
> developers," "information architects," or even the clunky
> "technical communicators" belies a fundamental principle of
> our profession: to make the complex simple.
> "Technical writer" is (at last) a term most non-tech writers
> "get," and the other terms just make us sound pretentious and
> desperate to be seen on equal footing with our IT cohorts,
> the developers, qa analysts, etc.
>

"On equal footing?" Hey, I'm a little insulted. :-)











































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