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"...These have been the most horrible four days
of my professional life on account of your list
and its members making me feel like the biggest
loser..."
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Regarding that, I am making the assumption that this person is less than 5 years in the field... or maybe even a newer technical writer... Like most of us, I have collected a lot of "war stories" over 18+ years of technical writing and there is not much y'all could dish out to me that would beat those experiences.
That said, I have at times put the more caustic members of this list on my "send to the trash" list just because even as an old, old tech writer I sometimes find the manners here less than bearable!
I also don't know how we could have a "be nice to newbies" rule when we can't even seem to stay on-topic with technical writing within any given week.
I would love a "war stories" thread though and would be sure that soon, someone here would definitely trump any of my odd collection of stories (the time I did an index by hand, the VP that scared me so bad I barricaded myself in the proposal office on my last day, etc.... )
Rosie
Rose A. Wilcox
CHQ, 14th Floor
Tranz1 QA/Documentation
602-250-2435
Rose -dot- Wilcox -at- PinnacleWest -dot- com
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