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SM Rush wrote:
>I would answer the poll with:
>> * Very interested, but would not follow it on my own
>"Somewhat interested" sounds halfhearted, and that's not the case with me.
>I'm interested in the subject because I spend my waking days working with
>it.
Yes, that's exactly it. I was not especially interested in WAP or WML or the
techniques behind designing interesting games till I got this job here.
*Now* I am - the more I look into it, the more interested I get. One of the
great things about being a technical writer is that people will PAY me for
having an insatiable curiosity and liking to write about what I find out...
<g>
I have, in my own time (since I was 12 and could get into the big reference
library) investigated for the joy of it such things as the meanings of
precious and semi-precious stones, the laws and conventions of heraldry, the
way the death penalty is applied in the various states of the US, how to
make napalm, the Benedictine Rule in 12th-century monasteries, the laws of
inheritance and marriage in England and Scotland, and the life and times of
Sherlock Holmes.
Any subject, once you start looking at it closely, acquires its own inherent
interest. I always end up learning more than I need to. However you define
"need to". <g>
But nope, I don't spend my time out of work researching what they pay me to
do at work. Life's too short and there are too few hours in the day: so much
to read, so little time.
Jane Carnall
Technical Writer and Compendium
of Arcane and Useless Information
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