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She is a good writer. Probably could get a job as content creator at most start-ups and large companies. I wonder if she ever considered this path, unless I'm

She is a good writer. Probably could get a job as content creator at most start-ups and large companies. I wonder if she ever considered this path, unless I'm missing something.

matt4077 8y ago
Rightly or wrongly, she may have been put off by the lack of respect for the humanities so prevalent within the startup scene. Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator".
- vonseel 8y ago
  Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator". Your point is only one possible logical reason for why he would use the term "content creator" instead of author. Perhaps "content creator" is simply the term his previous employer used for authors. My previous employer called them "technical writers", I am not sure what the marketing department called their writers. Would that make me dismissive of her degree or the humanities in general?
- PeterisP 8y ago
  "Author" is a more specific term - there are many jobs that require ability to write well, but it doesn't involve any creation of original work or much choice of expression(as an author would), and it's entirely accurate to say that you're creating content according to your employers needs but you're not really an author or copywriter. E.g. writing summaries of other authors, semi-structured product descriptions, part of highly normative technical writing, and even fake reviews (it's a whole industry...) or astroturfing.
- solatic 8y ago
  > Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator". Please tell me more about "corporate authors" and why such a term doesn't denigrate the literary contributions of authors of traditionally published poetry and prose. Or do newspapers disrespect the humanities by calling their authors "journalists"? "Op-ed contributors"?
- scarejunba 8y ago
  My experience has been that, in SF startup culture, respect for the humanities is pretty strongly expressed. But not in the "I have a degree in writing" sense but the overwhelming belief that one must be a sort of Renaissance Man and be an artist or creator of some sort. It makes sense, actually. For many people in the culture, they're fairly comfortable (founders are few, employees many) and so they start looking up Maslow's pyramid.
solatic 8y ago
She works in San Marcos, TX and takes the bus to work (per the article). It's close-ish to Austin, but I doubt there are very many large companies and startups in San Marcos.

She is a good writer. Probably could get a job as content creator at most start-ups and large companies. I wonder if she ever considered this path, unless I'm missing something.

matt4077 8y ago

Rightly or wrongly, she may have been put off by the lack of respect for the humanities so prevalent within the startup scene. Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator".

vonseel 8y ago
Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator". Your point is only one possible logical reason for why he would use the term "content creator" instead of author. Perhaps "content creator" is simply the term his previous employer used for authors. My previous employer called them "technical writers", I am not sure what the marketing department called their writers. Would that make me dismissive of her degree or the humanities in general?
PeterisP 8y ago
"Author" is a more specific term - there are many jobs that require ability to write well, but it doesn't involve any creation of original work or much choice of expression(as an author would), and it's entirely accurate to say that you're creating content according to your employers needs but you're not really an author or copywriter. E.g. writing summaries of other authors, semi-structured product descriptions, part of highly normative technical writing, and even fake reviews (it's a whole industry...) or astroturfing.
solatic 8y ago
> Point of evidence: the gradual replacement of the term "author" with "content creator". Please tell me more about "corporate authors" and why such a term doesn't denigrate the literary contributions of authors of traditionally published poetry and prose. Or do newspapers disrespect the humanities by calling their authors "journalists"? "Op-ed contributors"?
scarejunba 8y ago
My experience has been that, in SF startup culture, respect for the humanities is pretty strongly expressed. But not in the "I have a degree in writing" sense but the overwhelming belief that one must be a sort of Renaissance Man and be an artist or creator of some sort. It makes sense, actually. For many people in the culture, they're fairly comfortable (founders are few, employees many) and so they start looking up Maslow's pyramid.

solatic 8y ago

She works in San Marcos, TX and takes the bus to work (per the article). It's close-ish to Austin, but I doubt there are very many large companies and startups in San Marcos.