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>[...] there are only three possible answers to the lack of
>confessed deadline-missing:
>
>a) Our profession attracts only the most able and
>conscientious individuals [...]
>
>b) When tech writers miss a deadline, they are drummed
>out of the profession forever [...]
>
>c) The final possibility [...] perhaps some of us *have*
>missed deadlines and lived to tell the tale, but [...]
>they will never admit it to anyone.
What about
d) The deadline set for the documentation was missed because the product
development was delayed and there was nothing/not enough to write about.
Does that count for a writer missing a deadline?
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Kerstin
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