Re: certification redux

Subject: Re: certification redux
From: Tracy Boyington <tboyi -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:01:07 +0000

>While I am against technical writer certification, I do favor requiring
>would be technical writers to first obtain a bachelor's degree in a
>technical field, then obtain a master's degree in technical writing....
>
>Think about it, a technical writer who actually has technical credentials.

Oh, puh-leeze! We're supposed to be the writer *and* SME now? And if
you want to change jobs to something outside your "certified
technical area" I guess you'd have to get another bachelor's
degree... I can see it now:

Certified Windows Software Documentation Specialist (with
sub-certification levels "Uses Microsoft Style Guide" and "Disdains
Microsoft Style Guide")

Tracy
Degreed Non-Software/Non-Hardware Writer-Type Person


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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm


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