RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?

["Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC" <Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- Robins -dot- af -dot- mil>]

Yes, I agree with Craig -- and I really like the title, but any title
that one has to drill down to get to the actual meaning, might be seen
as a bit pretentious to those outside our little universe. Which may
leave a TW with the short-end of the shtick  ;^)
   Youth Nutrition Dispenser, "Oh, you mean Lunch-Lady"
   Portal Operator, "Oh, you mean Doorman"
   Bovine Husbandry Technician, "Oh, you mean cowboy"
I'm going to float "Technical Communicator" around my office.....
In any case, I hate having to think-up and enter several different key
words in employment search engines to glean all of the positions that
could apply to Tech Writing. 8^@
Blessings,
Darren
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Darren J. Butler
Technical Communicator (i.e. Tech Writer)
Integrated Data for Maintenance
NG Corp

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Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?

No, Craig's right: People responded, "Oh, you mean technical writer,"
because that's what it means. He's also right that it's just a "bit" --
ya know, a shtick.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:30 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Cc: Cardimon, Craig; Gordon McLean
> Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?
> 
> "Technical Communicator"
> 
> I kinda like that one, but it might sound dangerously close 
> to "politician" or some other distributor of bovine by-
> products.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cardimon, Craig
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:54 AM
> > To: Gordon McLean; Will Husa; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?
> > 
> > ... People on whom I tried the "technical communicator" bit 
> > said, oh you mean "technical writer..."
> > 

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