Re: assessing a lone-writer gig

Subject: Re: assessing a lone-writer gig
From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net
To: "Sydney Compson" <sydney -dot- compson -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:24:40 -0500

It sounds as though you have a good set of questions already. Add in
whether they can provide SME's for interviews and reviews. That is
important.

Scott

At 11:00 PM -0400 6/21/07, Sydney Compson wrote:
>hi there,
>
>I am getting ready to interview for a lone-writer gig at a 30-person
>startup, and I am wondering if anyone has tips on questions to ask -- or if
>you have tips on determining whether it's going to be too much of a
>sweatshop.
>
>Here are a few questions I've already thought of for them:
>
>* What deliverables would I be expected to provide in the first two weeks?
>In the first month?
>
>* Why have you waited five years to hire a writer? And what assessments have
>you done to make you think you need only one writer?
>
>* What sort of training would you provide to me if I signed on to this job?
>What would be the structure of this training and who specifically would
>provide it?
>
>* If you asked me to deliver, say, 5 specific deliverables in a given month,
>and I told you that only 3 were do-able, what would your reaction be? In
>other words, would I be considered the authority on how long it takes to
>create documentation?
>
>If anyone has any feedback on these questions, or if you have additional
>suggestions, I'd be most grateful.
>
>Thanks!!
>sydney
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