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Subject:Re: Request: Info about nontraditional roles From:TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:46:49 -0500
I'm right with you, Bruce. I never considered myself nontraditional.
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:30:55 +0000, Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> wrote:
>
> For me, doing technical writing means doing such a variety of things
> that I don't have any clear idea what you mean by "traditional roles."
> I've simply always taken for granted that, when working as a technical
> writer, I'd be doing a lot of different things.
>
> Perhaps that is just me. Or perhaps that explains that, while I've had
> good years and bad years, I've always worked steadily. I can't say that
> I've particularly thought about it as a survival strategy or innovation.
> Taking on different roles at the same time was just something that I did.
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