Re: Meaningless Title contest

Subject: Re: Meaningless Title contest
From: MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:40:20 -0800

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I got to be a Documentation Analyst once! They had never had a writer,
and didn't have a pay category for it, and they decided to pay me like a
systems analyst. Voila!

Mind you, it was the California State Universities and Colleges system,
so neither systems nor documentaiton analysts were being paid all that
heftily. But part of my job did included analyzing other documents and
figuring out what was going on, so it was kinda keen.



Maggie Secara
The Tech Writer
MAINSAVER CMMS

http://ren.dm.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark, Robert [SMTP:Robert -dot- Clark -at- SCHWAB -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:29 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Meaningless Title contest
>
> To reply to Martha Davidson's challenge
>
> A challenge! A prize to the person who creates the most meaningless
> title!
>
> How about these entries? Advance apologies to those who have these
> ambiguous titles.
>
> Administrative Assistant (that's worth a few flames)
> Information Documentation Clarification Designer
> Director of Customer Communications Publications
> Senior Lead Engineering Department Spell Checker-Editor and Formatter
> Managing Director of Information Dissemination
> Product Documentation Developer
> That guy/girl in the really small cube who knows FrameMaker cold
> Desktop Publisher
> Headhunter (oops, that one slipped in)
> Information and Product Documentation Dude (or Dudette)
> Information Architect
> Engineering School Dropout
> User Documentation Specialist
> QA Support Writer
> Customer Support Writer
> Engineering Department Writer
>
>
>
>
> Does anyone see a pattern here, oh much maligned writers of technical
> materials?
>
> No matter what you call us, we are and continue to be valuable
> contributors
> to the customer experience.
> Let's move on shall we?
>
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2>I got to be a Documentation Analyst =
once!&nbsp; They had never had a writer, and didn't have a pay category =
for it, and they decided to pay me like a systems analyst. =
Voila!</FONT></P>
<BR>
<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2>Mind you, it was the California =
State Universities and Colleges system, so neither systems nor =
documentaiton analysts were being paid all that heftily.&nbsp; But part =
of my job did included analyzing other documents and figuring out what =
was going on, so it was kinda keen.</FONT></P>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Maggie Secara</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">The Tech Writer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">MAINSAVER CMMS</FONT>
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<UL><P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Clark, Robert =
[SMTP:Robert -dot- Clark -at- SCHWAB -dot- COM]</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:29 AM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">To:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Subject:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>=
</B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Meaningless Title contest</FONT>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">To reply to Martha =
Davidson's challenge</FONT>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;A challenge! =
A prize to the person who creates the most meaningless title!</FONT>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">How about these =
entries?&nbsp; Advance apologies to those who have these</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">ambiguous =
titles.</FONT>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Administrative =
Assistant (that's worth a few flames)</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Information =
Documentation Clarification Designer</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Director of =
Customer Communications Publications</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Senior Lead =
Engineering Department Spell Checker-Editor and Formatter</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Managing Director =
of Information Dissemination</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Product =
Documentation Developer</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">That guy/girl in =
the really small cube who knows FrameMaker cold</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Desktop =
Publisher</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Headhunter (oops, =
that one slipped in)</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Information and =
Product Documentation Dude (or Dudette)</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Information =
Architect</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Engineering School =
Dropout</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">User Documentation =
Specialist</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">QA Support =
Writer</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Customer Support =
Writer</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Engineering =
Department Writer</FONT>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Does anyone see a =
pattern here, oh much maligned writers of technical</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">materials?</FONT>
<BR>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">No matter what you =
call us, we are and continue to be valuable contributors</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">to the customer =
experience.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Let's move on shall =
we?</FONT>
<BR>
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