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Re: The truth about a tech writing job - My answer to Bev
Subject:Re: The truth about a tech writing job - My answer to Bev From:Ivan Gelicall <ivan_gelicall -at- HOTBOT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:54:50 -0700
I too disagree with Bev. I love my job and even though the engineers that I
work with have a hard time with English. I don't look at that as a problem,
I look at it as a challenge to get the correct info from them.
As for pay, my old manager told me this. "You get
what you negotiate." That was a hard lesson for me
to learn.
Perhaps Bev is suffering from burnout or she's suffering in an intolerable
job. In my short lifetime
I've suffered with both. So I emigrated and changed
careers.
