Re: Senior Tech Writer classification

Subject: Re: Senior Tech Writer classification
From: beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:59:18 -0700

I'd actually rather have that conversation. I don't get enough opportunities
to talk about myself. ;-0

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> 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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References:
Senior Tech Writer classification: From: beelia
Re: Senior Tech Writer classification: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: Senior Tech Writer classification: From: beelia
Re: Senior Tech Writer classification: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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