How to avoid being a secretary for engineers

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Have you ever felt that you're merely documenting solutions, and that the creative/analytical work has already been done and celebrated by others?

Never

Once in a while

About half the time

Most of the time

Always

Do engineers sometimes see documentation as an afterthought, not as a problem to solve worthy in itself?

Never

Once in a while

About half the time

Most of the time

Always

How do you articulate and communicate the critical analysis and other more creative decision-making you do in the workplace to those around you?

I don't articulate it to others -- the thought behind my work is largely invisible

I communicate some of it in a newsletter

I communicate some of it on a email list

I communicate some of it in meetings

Other

Will writing and sharing more of your tech comm thoughts with others influence them to feel more value toward your role and tasks?

Very unlikely

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

What type of documentation projects excite you the most?

Projects that I join from the beginning so that I'm a more full-fledged participant and contributor throughout

Projects that have lots of challenges where I might have learn new technologies or devise new publishing solutions

Let's be real -- creating documentation rarely excites me; it's mostly drudgery

Projects where my main role is not technical writing but rather information design, information architecture, content strategy, or some other related specialization

Other

Research from academics that you cited in this post was relevant and informative.

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Strongly agree

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