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RE: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication
Subject:RE: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication From:"Steve Janoff (non-Celgene)" <sjanoff -at- celgene -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> Date:Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:03:29 -0700
Dan Goldstein wrote:
> And by the way, when I worked for Neil, if I had tried to limit my job to *only* writing, he'd have shoved me out the window (if we'd had a window, which we didn't).
You mean he would have *defenestrated* you. :)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Steve
PS - My favorite title over my career was "Senior Information Engineer" -- had just that little extra edge. Being called an "Engineer" is very cool for a Tech Writer. Wins points among developers.
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