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I wish I could say something better, but I never could see the value in joining. I tried it once, for a brief while, but I did not renew. Mainly because, as far as I could tell, having "STC member" on the resume did not signify with potential employers.
The tech writing field still is not seen as valued-added. Employers consider technical documentation unimportant, so they don't care how many membership tags are shown by those who work with it. I couldn't see paying to be a member of a group that employers deliberately ignore.
On Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:28:33 AM CST, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
I attended a local meeting just once, and noticed that the major topic
of discussion was the lack of involvement of local tech writers. I
continued my own lack of involvement.
Now, of course, many potential clients will be thinking that AI chatbots
can do the writing. Yeah. Sure. I asked ChatGPT about the mysterious
death of a friend, decades ago. ChatGPT told me that he shot himself (he
did not) and did so five months after he died.
On 1/30/25 09:01, Emoto wrote:
> Although now retired, I spent 23 years as a technical writer. I looked into
> STC a couple of times, but never managed to find the value proposition
> compelling. It is possible, perhap even likely, that I overlooked
> something, but I am not much of a joiner anyway.
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