RE: In the Land of the Buttless, the Half-Assed Man is King

["Robert Plamondon" <robert -at- plamondon -dot- com>]

Andrew writes:

> Great post. Great subject line. Great points.

Aw, shucks.  You're embarrassing me.

> My only addition is that in the current job market, the
> writers who are staying employed and doing well are those
> that contribute more than 50% to the project.
> They can contribute technical knowledge to the mix, and that
> significantly raises their value to the organization.

True.  I know one writer who turned out the lights at two different
companies, being the last one left.  I never hung on so spectacularly, but
usually lasted until the layoff that marked the change from "we are a going
concern" to "we haven't admitted defeat."

Whether this is a good thing or not is arguable, since the psychological
pummeling you take when you're part of a beloved but fast-declining company
is pretty brutal.

	-- Robert
--
Robert Plamondon
President, High-Tech Technical Writing
robert -at- plamondon -dot- com
http://www.plamondon.com/HIGHTECH/homepage.html
(541) 453-5841
"We're Looking for a Few Good Clients"



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Robohelp X3, from eHelp, lets you quickly and easily create 
professional Help systems for all your Windows and Web-based 
applications, including Net. 

Order RoboHelp X3 in May and receive a $100 mail-in rebate, PLUS
free RoboScreenCapture and WebHelp Merge Module. 
 
Order RoboHelp today: http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.