Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?

Subject: Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
From: Steve Schwarzman <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>
To: Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:16:44 -0400

I'm wondering how true the comparison is between project management and tech
writing. And I'm thinking that they're not so comparable; I think a project
manager is a project manager is a project manager more than a tech writer is
a tech writer is a tech writer.

Thoughts?

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On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net>wrote:

> This passage from PMP Certification For Dummies, by Peter Nathan and Gerald
> Everett Jones, describes the situation project managers found themselves in
> a decade ago. It sounds strikingly similar to the situation technical
> communicators find themselves in today:
>
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