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RE: Are Tech Writers Valid anymore Re: ghost town -
Subject:RE: Are Tech Writers Valid anymore Re: ghost town - From:<Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:24:19 +0000
Maybe it's the category of "editor" that's in danger. There will always be at least SOME need for various types of instruction. It's possible that we've made writing look so effortingless, that business decision makers think anybody can do the job.
-Brian H.
-----Original Message----- From: Gene Kim-Eng
Unfortunately, I don't have a warm, fuzzy feeling about future prospects
for editors. There seem to be fewer and fewer businesses "efforting" to
use them.
Gene Kim-Eng
On 2/19/2014 9:00 AM, Lippincott, Richard wrote:
> Yes, we are still valid. Worth noting: we've been valid for a lot longer than most people in the profession today realize.
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