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

Subject: Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
From: Milan Davidović <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:49:39 -0400

Right -- I was thinking of the future, but didn't say so explicitly. Thanks.

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Milan Davidovic wrote:
>
>> To this question:
>> > And professionals embrace certification for themselves when ________.
>> > (fill in the blank)
>>
>> Steven Jong offers the following (I'm paraphrasing a bit):
>> - when certification legitimizes the contributions of, and respect
>> for, our profession
>> - when it increases the employability and salary of certified
>> practitioners
>>
>> What could I take as objective evidence (i.e. something more than
>> anecdotes or opinion) that these have become the case?
>
> They haven't, of course. They can only become the case after certification has been in place for quite some time and has proven itself.
>
> Early adopters will be betting that that eventually happens.
>
> 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: Milan Davidović
RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?: From: Combs, Richard

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