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Re: Technical writer survey: What should we really call ourselves?
Subject:Re: Technical writer survey: What should we really call ourselves? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:23:31 -0700
I'm sure there are settings in which it is both sensible and
advantageous to self-present as a "communicator." I haven't been in
any, and offhand can't think of any other than the one I mentioned at
the end of my last post, but there must be some, or the whole concept
would have crashed and burned by now.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Adrianne Mora" <AdrianneM -at- envipco -dot- com>
>I thought of it as expressing that I am not solely a writer but that I
> also have experience in training and public speaking. Since I respect
> Gene's wisdom and experience, I'll have to rethink that.
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