RE: Business cards

[Steve Shepard <STEVES -at- YARDI -dot- com>]

The sig line on my email said Documentation Czar for a long time. Then I was
actually given the title of manager and had to change to something less
playful.

Meg asked:
> >  >Is it ethical and appropriate to put "technical writer" 
> on my business
> >cards,
> >  >even if that isn't my official job title?
> >
> >I'm not even going touch the ethical part. As for "appropriate," I,
> >personally, don't see why not. It's descriptive of what you 
> do. I often have
> >to ask for a clear text explanation of official job titles, 
> so it seems
> >expedient and expeditious to type yourself up front. Perhaps 
> you could blend
> >your title and your reality...Aerospace engineer/Technical writer.
> >
> >I've always wanted to put Documentation Goddess on my 
> business cards but my
> >employers seem to think that's excessive...
> >
> >Susan
> 
> At my last company, and now at my present I was the lone tech writer. 
> I always wanted to put "The Technical Writer" as my job title. 
> Management seems to have no sense of humor though. 

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