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Subject:Number of Projects From:Alexander Von_obert <avobert -at- TWH -dot- MSN -dot- SUB -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 23 Sep 1995 01:48:00 LCL
Hello Gordon,
* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von G J Lundy an All am 20.09.95
GJ> From: G J Lundy <glundy -at- infocom -dot- net>
GJ> I am curious as to what you all may think about the effective
GJ> number of large, orginal writing
GJ> projects a single Tech Writer can or should undertake at one
GJ> time to accomplish.
I believe in a 5 pages/day maximum limit. Everything beyond that is pure
stress and highly at risk to be rubbish only.
GJ> each of which will finish somewhere between 75-140 pp
i.e. one project a month.
GJ> moreover all of them are coming
GJ> due within a week or two of each other.
Forget it. Or get an external writer for each project with you only managing
the stuff.
GJ> I'm beginning to feel stressed beyond belief
:-)
Greetings from Germany,
Alexander
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