Re: cluetrain, derailed. New engine?

[Me Too <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> but the bulk of my income at this point
> comes from 
> self-publishing authors who need editing and
> production help. I get to 
> apply a great deal of what I learned as a tech
> writer (much of it from 
> techwr-l), and it's a fun way to make a living. But,
> as with houseplants 
> and herb wreaths, the fact is that people will
> gladly pay what I want to 
> charge so that they can put one more memoir out in
> the world; they just 
> won't part with company money on something as
> necessary as technical 
> writing.
> 
> Go figure.
> 

Unfortunately, this is perfectly "normal" human
psychology. It's always the sexy, attention-grabbing
things that get all the money while the merely
sensible/necessary get short shrift. I wouldn't mind
this bassackward way of thinking except for the fact
it crops up in the places we work. How many time have
you see the management spend tens of thousands to buy
modern workstations, and then they won't spend $30 to
buy a UPS?

So you've found that people with overinflated
self-images are willing to drop large amounts money on
you if you says you'll help them publish their stuff.
And your complaint is what?  :-)

----------------

Keith Hood
Senior (only) tech writer
ACS, Inc.

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