Re: Senior Tech Writer classification

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Most of the time these "new age job descriptions" are 
a wasted exercise.  At first people will give you that "duh"
face and ask, "what's an information developer?"  After
you've explained what you do to a few hundred people, 
they'll just shrug and say, "oh, you mean a technical
writer," and you'll be right back where you were in the
beginning, except that you will meet even fewer people
at cocktail parties who know what you do when you
introduce yourself..

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "beelia" <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com>
> I followed up on "Information Developer", which I got from Gene's message
> and others who contacted me directly.
> 
> It seems this is the leading contender for replacing "Sr. Tech Writer". I
> found it in postings by IBM, Oracle, SAP, HP, and many small companies as
> well. Also found it in Bangalore and Mumbai postings as well as  I suspect
> the thinking is that it is an umbrella classification that encompasses the
> expanded roles of tech writers - online help, instructional design,
> XML/Dita, JavaScript, and so forth. Since Radford is the only game in town,
> I'm wondering if the job title came from their surveys.
> 
> I messaged my new company's Catbert and asked if he had heard of this one
> and whether or not he considered applying this title (assuming it is a
> Radford title) to all of the company's tech writers.
> 
> Stay tuned.

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