Re: What's in a name?

["Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

"Director" is generally a position with legal implications. Tech writers  
never get even a hint of being considered for "director-level" positions.

Technical writing is often a "doesn't fit" compartment of an organization.  
We get left out and on our own, required to document things that we  
discovered just weeks or days before the intended shipment date. We are  
provided "latest" technical details drawn directly from the documentation  
of three years ago. It's sort of like being a ship at sea, blown about by  
the winds, or becalmed in muddy waters through no direct fault of our own.  
I recommend the catch-all title of "Captain."

Yes, "Captain" has legal implications when at sea, but one can be captain  
of a rowboat, a canoe, or a Sunfish sailing dinghy and hardly anyone will  
complain. It is also the proper title to use for speaking to the skipper  
aboard a Maine "windjammer" schooner cruise, even though no authority has  
granted it.

To defend the use of "Captain" merely point out that "Your Holiness" (or  
Her Holiness) seemed a bit too much.

On Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:18:50 -0400, Robert Lauriston  
<robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote: