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Subject:Re: A good title for a tw? From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Tue, 3 Jun 1997 13:41:15 +0800
Becca wrote:
> Back when I was freelancing, my business card simply had the words
> "Technical Documentation" under my name. That told what I do, and
> didn't limit me to any particular medium (print, help, web, etc...)
I really like this. Somehow it sounds more direct and practical to say
what you do, rather than who you are:
> Information Engineer and Knowledge Engineer always sound to me like
> using "Sanitation Enginner" for "janitor."
Yes! The word 'engineer' applied to people who aren't engineers makes me
think of a rat with a gold tooth.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield
Functional Software Pty Ltd mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au
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