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Subject:Re: [Fwd: Re: Is this really a tech writing job?] From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:04:47 -0800
I must admit that I get something of a charge from seeing my name
where it currently resides on our company's org chart, and reading
my paystub is a *lot* more fun than it used to be. However, these
are nothing more than my own personal methods of "keeping score,"
I don't go around waving them in peoples' faces so they'll know if
they should respect me or how much they should. In fact, I strongly
suspect that the five or six people who think the most of me and whose
opinions about me mean the most to me have no idea what I make,
what my position on the org chart is, or even a clear understanding
of exactly what it is I do for a living.
> My self-respect (and, incidentally, my respect for others) has nothing
> to do with money. And I do my best to discourage others from using pay
> scales as a way to determine how much respect they should afford people.
> As others have said in this thread, respect is something you earn
> through your behavior, not by waving around your paycheck. Or your job
> title. Or your box on the org chart. Doing your job well, acting with
> integrity, articulating your ideas and beliefs, standing up to
> bullies--these things can garner respect from others regardless of your
> financial condition.
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