Re: Writing test Fridays

[Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>]

I just finished working at a place that calls us "information developers".
Not that I really cared much either way, but it was actually a better
description than "technical writer". I did very little writing--in fact that
was one reason I finished up there.

I'm sure the reason for the name was nothing to do with embarrassment.
I expect they just wanted an umbrella name to cover people such as
indexers, illustrators, editors and non-writing TWs like me who were
contributing to the development of (wince) "information products".

Stuart

Gene Kim-Eng said:
> I've been hired into one or two companies with "info dev"
> departments staffed with "information developers." One of the
> first things I try to do is change the names > back to "technical
> publications" and "technical writer." If you're embarressed to
> have a dept name and a job title that doesn't clearly reflect
> your work, why pick a profession in the first place?

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