TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: If you are not a tech writer... From:Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY -at- CAMINS -dot- CAMOSUN -dot- BC -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 7 May 1993 13:34:39 -0700
> Date: Thu, 06 May 1993 17:33:27 -0400 (EDT) Thus spake Ken Stone 6459
<krs -at- TELEOSCOM -dot- COM>
KS>
KS> I always thought that you were considered a professional X
if you were getting paid for doing X.
KS>
That's understandable. It's a common misconception.
Does a doctor,lawyer,accountant cease to be a professional
the moment they stop getting paid?
Which is the professional, the lecturer or the professor
(assuming both are being paid)?
Is it accurate to refer to a taxi driver as a professional driver?
I think it is only in that adulteration called sports that
the one getting paid is called a professional -- definitely
a distortion of the word. :)
Peter
*************************************************************
* Peter Montgomery Montgomery -at- camosun -dot- bc -dot- ca *
* Exitus effigium effigies exituum *
*************************************************************
