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Subject:Re: Levels of Job Responsibility From:Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 May 2010 12:59:10 -0400
> You're a technical communicator, I'm a QA Manager*, and Craig's a
> technical writer. In my opinion, none of those terms is more correct for
> any single one of us. But BLS picked "technical writer" not to describe
> a single person, but rather to describe the whole lump of us. That's why
> STC's request was denied.
What request was denied? STC started working several years ago on the
change to make "technical writer" a separate entry in the OOH, and
that has happened. (Rick O'Sullivan, economist, received one of this
year's STC President Awards for his work in helping with this.)
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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