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> >In an 8-hour period, how productive do you think a tech writer or
> >editor or illustrator can be? Is it practical to think that since a
> >corporation is paying a technical communicator for 8 hours of work that
> >every time the supervisor looks in on your cube you must be busily
> >writing, editing? How fast would you burn out at that rate?
> At least at my desk, writing can look like I'm doing nothing at all.
> (Thinking is not the most visible of activities.) And my clients are
> just fine with that. To even the most staid organization, the results
> are what counts.
I have worked for some organizations where looking busy got you
more points than producing. It took me some years to realize
I'm more happy in organizations where it's the other way around.
(I used to think it was me!)
Rosie (NorthCrowe)
ncrowe -at- primenet -dot- com
rwilc -at- fast -dot- dot -dot- state -dot- az -dot- us
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