Re: Technical writing as a trade; was, RE: Give Me a Clear Thinker (was STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?)

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

On 2011-11-01, at 3:12 PM, Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> When STC engaged the economist Risk O'Sullivan to study what made a profession, his answer was a body of knowledge, a code of ethics, and certification. Without a code of ethics, he said, we are a trade. (In presentaions, I have expressed it differently: without ethics, we are used-car salesmen 8^)


I find myself at times operating as a snake oil salesman. "Why yes, of
course that's going to work (in the final deliverable)".


-Tony
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