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Yep, we're an obscure bunch of folks. Someone else
offered the best response I've heard yet when asked
what it is we do: "I write books about computers."
That's worked well for me.
As a profession, we and the organizations that
represent us have done a poor job explaining and
promoting technical communication. We need to be much
more proactive about publishing articles in magazines
and journals that are read by IT managers,
programmers, QA analysts, and the leaders in the
industries in which we work.
Steven Brown
--- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Recently I was asked to make a brief (20 minute)
> presentation that would address "what technical
> writing is." My first thought was, "don't bore
> these people to death," so I googled phrases like,
> "what is technical writing" and "technical writing
> overview" to rehash what's out there and give me
> some ideas about how to do this without repeating
> old material. Turns out I needn't have worried,
> because there's damned little out there that
> explains "what technical writing is" to a lay
> audience. No wonder people respond with that
> confused look on their faces when they hear you
> say "I'm a technical writer!"
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
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