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Subject:Re: suggestions or support From:"Cayenne Woods" <cayenne -dot- woods -at- viaken -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 May 2002 18:02:12 +0100
I have to say (no, really, I do) that I think it's a copout to let people
off the hook by saying 'they won't talk to you till you've earned their
respect.'
I think I have already earned a fair amount, for one, and it's part of their
job, for two, and I've been persistent in mining info people have, walking
that fine line before harassment!
it always takes a while to get in the loop, esp when they're hiring a solo
tech writer for the first time, but it's still discouraging when days go by
and nobody notices you much.
they're also all fighting fires at the moment, and it doesn't occur to them
that I'm interested in some of the fires, or the outcomes, and/or they don't
have time to sort thru what might be useful. I do realize there's gonna be a
lot of ongoing work making myself visible, eavesdropping, whatever it takes.
still, combined with not knowing _what_ I don't know, it's discouraging at
times
that is all
Cayenne
<kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com> wrote in message news:153424 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> Chris wrote (to Jennifer, or to Cayenne, or to *somebody*):
>
> > The same thing goes for when people aren't talking to you. Yeah, that's
a
> > pain, and cumbersome, and makes your job harder, but they aren't going
to
> > talk to you until you've earned their respect. Until then, you'll have
to
> > take charge and talk to people, rather than waiting for them to talk to
you
> > (I'm not implying that's what you're doing now. But save complaints and
> > problems until AFTER you deliver a product, and do whatever it takes to
make
> > that happen. It's much easier to criticise the process AFTER the fact,
than
> > in the middle of it. Bring your boss problems+solutions, rather than
just
> > problems.)
>
>
>
> Regardless of whose post Chris was addressing, Chris's message is right on
> target.
>
> Well said. Particularly the last sentence.
>
>
>
> -Keith Cronin
> ________________________
>
> To snorky or not to snorky? That is the question.
>
>
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