RE: Senior Tech Writer classification

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

"Information Developer," like "Technical Communicator," cleverly avoids
the question of whether the job requires writing skills.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: beelia
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:45 PM
> To: Gene Kim-Eng
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Senior Tech Writer classification
> 
> 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.
> 

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