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

Subject: RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
From: Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:44:07 +0000

And subjecting would-be tech writers to a multi-year residency under expert tutelage.

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From: techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tiburoninc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tiburoninc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:39 AM
To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?

Dan Goldstein wrote:

> Again with the medical degree? This is not a credible comparison for an
> STC cert.

At least not unless the STC's long-range plans include having the government prosecute people for practicing tech writing without a license and tightly regulating tech writing schools and the number of students they admit. ;-)

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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References:
Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Steven Jong
Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Steve Schwarzman
RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Kat Kuvinka
Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Steven Jong
RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Dan Goldstein
RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Combs, Richard

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