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Subject:Re: home alone tech writers From:"Wilcox, John (Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:41:00 -0800
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From: F. Blaine Dickson
I would be interested in hearing from those tech writers who work out of
their home. How do you find it?
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Easy. It's the only brown house on the block.
I work at home about 80% of the time and have done so for about a year
now. I love it. As for getting jobs, I work through a job shop and am
currently on a long-term contract.
Advantages: 1) I get to work my own hours, which amounts to about 8
hours spread between noon and midnight. 2) I get to spend a lot of time
with my wife and kids -- my wife doesn't work outside the home, and we
homeschool. 3) I have a window that opens.
Disadvantages: 1) My kids continually forget that I'm "at work" and so
they often interrupt. 2) It's easier to not work.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Weyerhaeuser
WWC 2E2
(when I'm there)
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001
206-924-7972
wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
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