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Melissa Nelson described my situation... except for the chick in the
mirror - mine shows some kind of grizzle-bearded gnome, instead - and
the number of TW jobs (I've had 4 since 1985-ish:
>
> Aww, an actual doc group...that must be nice! I am the doc group...so
I
> guess in my case, it looks like the chick in the mirror!
>
> This is my third TW gig, and I have only had one job where I was not
the
> only tech writer; it was my first and I was the Jr. writer. Sometimes,
I
> do miss having someone else to bounce things off of...which is why I
> really enjoy this list.
Me? I'd kill for an editor.
Not saying who I'd kill... (*)
But only in my first TW job, in which I was also part of a group, did I
have an editor, and I've missed her ever since.
It's lonely at the only. :-)
Kevin
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