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Subject:Re: Careers For People Who Don't Like People From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:25:57 +0800 (WST)
>> I like the people I work with. But I will say that several
>> of the developers continue working after they get home.
>> They remote in from home and write code at night. I don't
>> do that. I like to relax with a good book when I get home,
>> and switch gears altoghether. Maybe tech writers are "just"
>> a more well rounded bunch.
> If you've never had to work evenings or weekends to meet a
> deadline, then you're one lucky writer. :-)
We've all done that, but there's a difference between being prepared to work evenings and weekends when necessary and when it's not necessary.
Stuart
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