RE: Are tech writers inherently snobby?

Subject: RE: Are tech writers inherently snobby?
From: "Karen Field Carroll" <kfcarroll -at- cox -dot- net>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:21:24 -0700

Thanks, Jan. Unfortunately, the two e-mails I've gotten were so pointed, and
so lacking in useful advice, I'm pretty sure it was just pure arrogance, not
oversight, coming my way. But you know what? We're all human. I think some
of us just need to remind ourselves of that more often (including me).

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan -dot- Arnopolin -at- thomsonreuters -dot- com
[mailto:Jan -dot- Arnopolin -at- thomsonreuters -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:11 PM
To: kfcarroll -at- cox -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Are tech writers inherently snobby?

Hey Karen,

Don't take it personally. I think a lot of us are juggling a lot of
stuff, trying to keep our jobs, and still be responsive to each other's
concerns on the list. And unfortunately, we don't always re-read our
messages for tone before we hit send. I know I'm often guilty of that
one.

jan


Jan Arnopolin
Technical Writer
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Thomson Reuters

Phone: +1 312 873-6784
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-----Original Message-----
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.com] On Behalf Of Karen Field Carroll
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:42 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Are tech writers inherently snobby?

Hello.
For the second time in two days, I've posted to the list and gotten an
off-line reply that I thought reeked with arrogance. Each time I wrote
back and asked for clarification on the tone, because, as I'll be the
first to tell you, I'm somewhat defensive and tend to read a lot into
e-mails, and so I wanted to be sure I'm not being my over-protective
self. (In today's case, the tone was so obvious I'm pretty darn sure
it's not just me.) But this is such a consistent pattern--I've worked
with many writers who thought they hung the moon--that I'm starting to
wonder if people in our profession (including me, because I can
definitely be a snob) are prone to being a holier-than-thou.
Any thoughts?

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