Re: [Fwd: Re: Is this really a tech writing job?]

["tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com" <tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com>]

>>I wonder how many engineering graduates would accept an entry-level job labeled "Engineering/Admin Assistant". How many software developers would want to be a "Programmer/File Clerk"? 

They would not stand for this kind of professional dilution, and we 

should not either.<<

Very well put Sarah. The voice of experience. People just do not understand or care to understand what a Tech Writer does. If someone that can document their procedures, then that person must also be good at maintaining the paperwork. Two different animals.

I've seen this trend slowly develop along with farming work out to Indian companies (a whole other topic as we all agree).

But what can be done? 

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