RE: Professionalism and pay

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

"you make a legal declaration that you have
>read and followed the instructions. If it turns out you didn't, you go to 
>jail.
>
>Anyone else wanna give me some money?"

No thanks...I will pass on that bet! I actually have a friend who is a 
mechanic for Northwest Airlines...he can name line and verse of where 
anything is in the main manual he uses....I am always incredibly impressed!

Although, I do understand some of what Stan's  point is.  Our work is 
important and especially for airline mechanics etc. However, I used to work 
as a CNA in a nursing home and if I made a mistake there...it was 
immediately apparent and often times dangerous. I do not feel that sort of 
threat in my job as a technical writer, but I do write documentation for an 
NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) detection software product, and other 
products used by First Responders...if they are in a bad situation they need 
to depend on the accuracy of my documentation. However when I wrote for a 
web hosting company, if I made a mistake in a manual...it just ticked 
someone off and they had to figure out how to do it themselves.

Once again...just shows the diversity of our profession.

Melissa






From:  "Simon North"
To:  "TECHWR-L"
Subject:  RE: Professionalism and pay
Date:  Thu, 24 May 2007 17:43:46 +0200
>
>
>Simon North, Technical Writer. Quintiq Application Software BV 's 
>Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
>
>--- "Computer interfaces and user interfaces are as different as night and 
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>
> >>> Stansbury, Stan 24/05/2007 17:19 pm >>>
>
> > I've seen with my own eyes how little auto mechanics rely on the > 
>documentation to do their jobs, and I'll bet the same is true of > aircraft 
>mechanics.
>
>You just lost the bet; please transfer $10 to my PayPal account forthwith.
>
>As an aircraft mechanic in a former life; I can assure you that all of us 
>read the documentation more often than you read your email. Aircraft 
>maintenance documentation has the force of law. When you 'sign' for the 
>completion of a job, you make a legal declaration that you have read and 
>followed the instructions. If it turns out you didn't, you go to jail.
>
>Anyone else wanna give me some money?
>
>Simon.
>
>
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