Re: another newbie/tight market question

[Ami WRIGHT <ami -at- ziplink -dot- net>]

Marc A. Santacroce wrote:

>* The second clue is that it's a one-month contract. To me that means 
>that either they don't understand the complexity that a documentaiton 
>project entails, and the value that a tech writer can add to a product, 
>or, it means they have a document that needs updating, and they just 
>need someone to fat-finger in the changes. They don't seem to be 
>involving you in the planning process, at all.

I don't think that the length of the contract - by itself - is a bad sign.
It depends on what needs to be done.  I've done a couple of contracts that
were about a week long.  They were short because the projects were small,
not because the hiring manager was clueless.

-Ami


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