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RE: How we introduce our profession to others . . .
Subject:RE: How we introduce our profession to others . . . From:"Rock, Megan" <Megan -dot- Rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:09:03 -0400
Person: So, what do you do?
Me: I'm a technical writer for a robotics company.
Person: A technical writer? What's that?
Me: I write manuals to tell people how to use the robots.
Person: Wow, that does sound technical.
OR
Person: Wow, that sounds tough/complicated/interesting/etc.
OR
Person: Wow, I could never do that!
Me: I enjoy it!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hanson [mailto:PHanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:01 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: 'Amram Hakohen'
> Subject: How we introduce our profession to others . . .
>
>
> I say, "I'm a technical writer at a software company. <blank
> stare>. You
> know when you go into a program like Word and click Help and
> get Help to
> accomplish a task, that's what I write for my company's software."
>
> Paul
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