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Re: going into the local bar and saying you're a tech writer
Subject:Re: going into the local bar and saying you're a tech writer From:Kathleen Kuvinka <kathee -at- SIRIUS -dot- IDEC -dot- SDL -dot- USU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:34:36 -0600
> I know that we have discussed this issue before on the list, but it
> concerns me still: Is there a better, more descriptive term for what we do
> than 'technical writer'? Whenever I tell someone what I do, I usually get
> a blank look and then have to explain what this means. Usually I just say
> "I write software documentation" when someone aske me what I do, because
> that is usually what I end up saying anyway after I get the blank look.
For some reason, whenever I tell anyone outside the field that I am
a technical writer, they think I write software.
