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Subject:Re: [TCP] certification (was: ranting STC) From:JimDexter -at- aol -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:34:11 EST
In a message dated 2/28/2007 6:54:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com writes:
Who would
you trust to codify what it takes to be a certified tech writer? And who
would you trust to understand what being certified means?
Two good questions. I'm moved to give answers, as one in favor of
certification.
I would trust anyone to formulate the first certification program, and I
would then let those who would pay to be certified determine the success/failure
of the certifcation program (if lots of communicators decided the
certification program was worth the cost, it is a success). If the first attempt at a
certification program fails to be popular (no one will pay to be certified by
it), let that program be replaced with a second attempt, until
communicators will pay to be certified AND be happy with the results.
When there is a certification program that is successful, I would be very
suspicious about anyone that did not understand the value of certification.
Jim Dexter
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