Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?

[Lauren]

Ohhh!  That reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon.  Alice is typing away and I
think it's Wally who walks by and says something to the effect, "You're a
technical writer, right?  Isn't that just a word processor?"  Alice
feverishly picks up the pace of her typing and scowls at her monitor.  

Yeah, no, I'm definitely not a documentation writer; not if it's going to be
associated with being a word processor.  I remember when the job title
"Desktop Publisher" got a little popularity.  It pretty much stood for
anyone that could use Microsoft Office to produce a document or presentation
with graphics.

Lauren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com
> ] On Behalf Of Hickling, Lisa (TOR)
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:26 AM
> To: Techwr-l
> Cc: Cardimon, Craig
> Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?
> 
> Everyone who's been introduced to word processing is a "Documentation
> Writer" of sorts. Are you sure that's what you want your 
> coworkers to be
> nodding to?
> 
> Lisa
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cardimon, Craig
>  
> Coworkers might not know what a "technical writer" does, but they all
> nod when they hear the word "documentation writer."