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Re: Do Technical Writers Deserve Their Own Office?
Subject:Re: Do Technical Writers Deserve Their Own Office? From:Wendy Putman <wputman -at- CASTLETON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:15:18 -0700
I like the idea of an office where writers can go to work in
peace and quiet -- I've on day 3 of voice quality testing, listening to
Buzz Lightyear repeating "to infinity and beyond" to what seems like
infinity and beyond -- when needed, but stay in the loop the rest of the
time. I went from an exec office (with door, meeting table, etc.) to a
cubicle but don't mind it, as long as I have natural light. Now, if
developers had private offices and I didn't, then I'd be concerned, but
from a political POV.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debra Mazo [SMTP:DMazo -at- CREO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 10:45 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Do Technical Writers Deserve Their Own Office?
>
> Our Documentation Group is having a hard time justifying private
> offices
> for technical writers to Product Development. We need some strong
> reasons to justify that we are different than developers and work more
> productively in a quiet working space, especially when we performing
> editing duties.
>
> Thanks in advance if you share any of your ideas.
>
> Debbie Mazo, Technical Writer
> Creo Products, Inc.
> dmazo -at- creo -dot- com
>
