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I complement your effort. Unfortunately, the world of employers could care
less about remote writers unless they are getting it for nothing. Sad
commentary.
Jon
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> From: Matt Danda <mdanda2 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: telecommuting
> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 12:23 PM
>
> Hope:
> I am slowly but surely setting up a telecommuting arrangement, but the
> key word is "slowly."
>
> In my case, telecommuting is a side-effect of freelancing. I have had
> numerous jobs and have made a lot of professional contacts.
> Occasionally a person from my past calls me from Kansas or New York or
> Czech Rebublic (really!) and says something like, "Hey, can you
> convert this manual to RoboHelp?" or "Can you help me with this
> business proposal?" and I say, "Sure!" and work like mad in the
> evenings and weekends to prepare a formal project plan/proposal, write
> up some contracts, exercise the fax machine, arrange the technical
> details, and finally (whew!) do the project. This is totally done via
> email and telephone...but it is on top of my normal 8-to-5 job. And
> sometimes I do the work for free.
>
> I am confident that after a few more years, I could become a full-time
> telecommuting contractor freelancer (there's a job title!), but it
> will not be an overnight transformation.
>
> Good luck,
> Matt
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> Matthew Danda
> Technical Writer in Software Development
>http://host2.fptoday.com/danda
> Orlando, Florida
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