Guess what: we suck!

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Milan Davidovic noted: <<Well, someone thinks we suck. Or that some  
of us suck. Scroll down to item #10 here for details: http:// 
monicapdx.livejournal.com/46224.html>>

I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but it's undoubtedly worth  
mentioning that sales of "For Dummies" books and O'Brien's series of  
books (including the "Missing Manuals" series) are in the high  
millions. Clearly, this poster isn't alone in thinking that as a  
profession, we're doing something wrong. I don't doubt that some of  
us do top-notch work, but clearly that can't be said of the  
profession as a whole.

Part of the problem is that none of us go up to our managers and  
point out that David Pogue is bringing in millions of dollars of  
income for O'Reilly with the Missing Manuals series, and that we  
should be writing those books instead of letting all those profits  
end up in someone else's pockets. (Of course, the downside is that  
they might end up hiring Pogue instead of us. <g>)


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