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Subject:Re: Net based work: From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Tue, 24 Feb 1998 04:05:14 EST
In a message dated 98-02-24 03:21:34 EST, dms -at- PENINSULA -dot- STARWAY -dot- NET -dot- AU writes:
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Is there a life for a budding, net based, technical writer?
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What you really want to know (generically) is can you telecommute and/or do
off-site work. Check the archives and you'll find these subjects have not
only been discussed but are (rather plaintively) raised with regularity.
The long and short of it is: yes, it's possible, no, it's not easy.
Jim Chevallier
Los Angeles
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