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Subject:Re: A good title for a tw? From:Estella Clifford <cliff -at- FP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:27:39 EST
In reply to:
>
>State Laws preclude anyone without state certification for professional
>engineering to use the title engineer.
>
>--
>Pat Gantt ~ pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
>The University of Tennessee ~ M.S. HRD
>Electronic Performance Support Systems
>http://members.tripod.com/~votechstudy/index.html
>Doing it the hard way is always easier :^)
>
FWIW, in a previous job (here in scenic Pennsylvania), my official job
title was "Software Engineer". No engineering certification was
involved. I know a mechanical engineer who became certified as a
"Professional Engineer" and had the right to put the P.E. after his
name. Don't know of any software engineers who have done so.
My bachelor's degrees are in English and Computer Science. My Masters
degree is in Literature and Language. Currently I am a "Senior Technical
Writer". I have a personal preference for "Technical Writer" or
"Technical Communicator", because they are direct and unambiguous.
Job titles where I work are changing to become more vague, e.g.,
"Professional II", "Professional III" and so on. Has anyone else
experienced this? Is this a trend?
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