Re: A sobering encounter (So now what?)

[Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Mike,

Heck, most people who work in customer service are
incompetent, yet they, too, continue to find work. Why
should tech writers be any different?

Similarly, ugly guys like me manage to find wives (and
mine is pretty cute)! Go figure.

Steven Brown
Dorky Technical Writer


--- "Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> Keith Cronin wrote:
> > To date, of the tech writers I've worked directly 
> > with, I'd estimate 60 to 75% of them were lame. 
> First of all, I agree with your math; my estimate is
> similar. 
> 
> So here is Cronin's Paradox: If most tech writers
> are not
> competent, why do they continue to find work?


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