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Subject:Re: Hey! Look at what * I * am! From:Valerie Priester <hammerl -at- buffalo -dot- edu> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 06 Sep 2001 12:47:26 -0400
--On Thursday, September 06, 2001, 9:20 AM -0700 John Posada
<jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> As you guys know, I am a contract technical writer and what I want to
> be is a contract technical writer.
>
> However, at my new gig, I found out that I'm supposed to enter my
> time every two weeks on a form on the company's web site.
>
> I just got the link, ID, password, and the PO number, so off I go.
>
> Found out that the company doesn't consider me a technical
> writer...get this...I'm a Sales Operational Manager!
>
> Can you imaging the types of positions I'm going to called for by
> agencies now?
>
> Shoot. I WAS in sales...for 18 years. it took me 12 years to get to
> be a manager..now I find I did it all wrong...I should have said I
> was a tech writer! Wammo! Instant manager. Man... I LOVE this country.
That's OK. I am a non-contract, full-time technical writer, but my official
job title is Lead Applications Analyst. My in-house title is Documentation
Coordinator. I supervise one full-time staff member and three student
assistants (notice, I work at a University), and yet I'm not a manager. Go
figure.
Valerie Priester
Academic Services, CIT
University at Buffalo
hammerl -at- buffalo -dot- edu
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