Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time at your company Raj. I have
been lucky in that with the exception of working for one of the auto
companies in the late 1960s (shortly after graduating high school), I've
always been treated as a valuable member of a team. I will admit that this
is
I wouldn't say it's ridiculous and thankless, but it is just a fact of
corporate life that some functions will be more highly valued. If I had
only limited funds and could retain either a tech writer or an engineer,
I would have to choose the engineer. We may tell people how to make
the
It can be if you let it, but so can any job. I have heard this same complaint
from mechanical engineers working at mostly electronics companies, and from
software engineers working at places where software is not the primary product.
And imagine what life was like for auditors at mortgage
Yes Raj, things can be frustrating when you are a technical writer, but
things can be equally frustrating in many other jobs. Other people have
already replied to you and pointed out that individuals often don't
realise how much control they can have over their careers, and that
applies to
There's no organization comparable to the AMA for tech writers because
the two professions are totally dissimilar -- not only in people's
subjective view of them, but also in their objective natures.
-Original Message-
From: Jack DeLand
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:33 AM
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