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Correct, most people don't do this but there's a class of 'assistant' where technical skills are worth more than secretarial skills. For example, research assi
by true_religion 16y ago
Correct, most people don't do this but there's a class of 'assistant' where technical skills are worth more than secretarial skills.
For example, research assistants are expected to help with the tedium of econmetric studies (e.g. performing regressions, collecting data, etc.) and this requires at least a masters level education.
- roel_v 16y agoRight, but you don't call those 'assistants', they're professional staff. 'Assistant' = title inflated way of saying 'secretary'. Who with a master's degree wants to have 'assistant' on their business card, unless it's very clear that it's a short stepping stone towards becoming whatever is after the 'assistant'?