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Subject:Re: How much has tech writing increased? From:Nancy Hayes <nancyh -at- PMAFIRE -dot- INEL -dot- GOV> Date:Mon, 4 Dec 1995 23:58:15 GMT
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Marvin W. Miller <Marvin_Miller -at- sec -dot- sel -dot- sony -dot- com> wrote:
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>Prestige rating is "Average." Stress and strain rating is "Low."
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I'd laugh myself silly if this wasn't so pitiful. I'd love to know who
they interviewed (and what drugs the interviewees were on)! I remember
my tech writing instructor in college telling me that tech writing is an
extremely high stress job. In the eight years I've been a tech writer
and the two years I've been an editor, I'd say the S&S rating is
somewhere between "High" and "Hopeless". Not that I don't normally enjoy
my work--it's just if this is low stress, I'd hate to see "high" stress.
Nancy Lynn Hayes (nancyh -at- pmafire -dot- inel -dot- gov) Carpe Diem
Seize the Day!
