Re: FWD: Working with Commercial Publisher

[Will Kelly <will -at- WILLKELLY -dot- COM>]

Dear Anonymous--

I've worked as a technical editor/reviewer on a number of computer books
and prospective employers have always thought it was pretty cool. The
comments were always favorable.

I usually get comments on the work I did for computer book publishers. I
also used to emphasize the fact that I worked remotely (for one publisher
it was  Washington, DC to Indianapolis, IN and the other publisher was in
the bay area). during the projects. This fact helped land some offsite
projects and helped justify some autonomy in my work.

Will Kelly

At 04:25 PM 6/24/98 -0600, Eric J. Ray wrote:
>Name withheld upon request. Please reply on list.
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>I'm considering moving to a job at another company. The opportunity's
okay, except
>that I'd be helping the owners with two books that they're writing for a
well-known
>technical publisher. A lot of what they expect me to do is editing and
coordination
>with the publisher. I suspect I'll be able to add a little to the
technical content
>of the books, too.
>
>My question is this: in terms of career development, if you saw on
someone's resume
>that they'd done this stuff, would it impress you or would you not really
care so
>much?
>
>Thanks.

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