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RE: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing
Subject:RE: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:44 -0500
There's no necessary connection between cutting-edge technologies and
high-stress schedules. If the employees are emotionally stressed by the
project (to the point of physical illness!), that means the project is
being managed badly, and the company itself will ultimately suffer for
it.
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From: Anonymous
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:51 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Anonymous: Burnout, advancement and career changing
Sorry about the previous post, Connie failed to complete all the copy &
paste operations required!
Anonymous 2 writes:
I feel similar. In the last four years I have worked in six tech writing
roles for as many industries. Just when I got settled with the
technology and products, something happened to the company so I was no
longer required. No fault of my own. I work hard.
It upsets me that I haven't ever had time to develop a specialist's
knowledge about the products or the tools, but that's just the way the
cards fell.
Even now I am working on a giant project whose timelines are making many
of us ill. The technology platform is completely new to everyone,
including the company itself, and we cannot predict the outcome because
of it. I am spread so thin between different tasks: the variety excites
me, but now it's stressing me out.
So yes, I think this is unusual, but I also think it's more common in
our industry. After all, we're cutting edge, aren't we?
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