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title: "A Refreshing Angle on the Name of our Profession"
date: 2009-08-19
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# A Refreshing Angle on the Name of our Profession

[I enjoyed David Farbey's post](http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2009/08/technical-writer-and-proud-of-it/) on the name we should call our profession. Aligning our name with the most profitable business model makes sense. If you look at indeed.com for jobs as a "[technical communicator](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=technical+communicator&l=)," you won't find hardly any. Look for "[technical writer](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=technical+writer&l=)" and you find a ton. So what is the benefit of calling ourselves technical communicators, when no one is hiring technical communicators?