RE: Sr Tech Writer job?

Subject: RE: Sr Tech Writer job?
From: "Latella, Vincent" <VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>
To: "Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:35:13 -0500

Maybe it's not time for a career change per se.
Instead, maybe it's time for a title change!

For instance, we have a person here who is a "business systems analyst,"
and I'd estimate that he spends 85% of his time composing technical
documentation.

Granted, he's not writing user guides or help documentation, but if the
umbrella of technical writing includes grant writing (as indicated by a
previous Techwr-L discussion), then SURELY the process flows and data
flows composed by my colleague are considered technical writing as well.


According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, analysts are pretty well
paid, too! http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos287.htm







-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+vincent -dot- latella=saic -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Keith Hood
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:16 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Sr Tech Writer job?

Sounds like it's time for the person who posted that job listing to have
a reality check.

I think it's getting to be time for all of us to have a career change -
farmer. The way this economy is going, I figure we all better start
planting gardens, just in case.


--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:

> From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
> Subject: Sr Tech Writer job?
> To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 1:52 PM
> Just found one listed, requires HS diploma, pays $19/hr.
> It's over 150
> miles from my home. It's career-change time, isn't
> it?
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References:
Sr Tech Writer job?: From: Peter Neilson
Re: Sr Tech Writer job?: From: Keith Hood

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