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Subject:Re: Yet another title I found: "Content Designer" From:"Meryl R. Cohen" <merylster -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> Date:Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:33:30 -0400
Actually I think this title is rather sad. It seems to be the 21st century
version of the idea that technical writers are no more than typists and
formatters for the engineers. Just make things look pretty. It doesn't
matter what it says OR you can't figure out what to say we'll tell you and
you just write it down.
Sorry to be such a downer on Friday.
Meryl
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:
> I came across an ad for "Content Designers" that had the phrase "technical
> writers" in parentheses.
>
> Cool. I had no idea I was a "content designer," too. I'm happy being a
> technical writer.
>
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> Cordially,
> Craig Cardimon
> Technical Writer
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