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Subject:Tying one's shoe From:Barry West <Barry_West -dot- S2K -at- S2KEXT -dot- S2K -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 1995 08:41:30 EDT
Gina wrote:
>The term "tech writer" also refers to someone who writes instruction
>on how to tie a shoe. Why place a label on ourselves that is limiting?
If you're writing instruction on how to tie a shoe then you're a Techwriter
writing instructions on how to tie a shoe. Why would the subject make any
difference? Writing instruction is a function of Technical Writing. It doesn't
matter what the instruction is. Should I call myself a Software Specialist just
because I'm familiar with DOS and Windows, have written a few macros, and can
edit a config.sys file?
I write instruction. That makes me a Technical Writer. In the fourteen years
I've been a Techwriter, more than a couple of companies have benefited from my
skills. I, for one, do not need to validate what I do by using some veiling,
euphemistic title.
