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Subject:Re: Do you have a hybrid job? From:Laura Lemay <llemay -at- gmail -dot- com> To:David Castro <thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:24:12 -0800
On 1/19/06, David Castro <thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm curious how many of you do technical writing and something else in
> your job. In the job before my current one, I was a technical
> writer/release engineer. In addition to writing documentation,
> including feature specifications, I would run the build and code the
> installers. I'm hoping someday to find a job that will allow me to be
> a "technical writer/programmer."
I've been a writer/programmer a bunch of times. I've been a
writer/tools engineer a few times. At my current job I am a
writer/illustrator/managing editor/tools engineer/webmaster/product
manager/XML developer. Occasionally, I sleep.
Laura
never bored; best job ever
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