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Subject:Re: Satisfaction From:Marsha Kamish <MKamish -at- STEWART -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:27:03 -0600
<SNIP>
BTW, most tech writers became tech writers because they wanted to be
cowboys but weren't able to. That's been my experience, anyway.
Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> wrote on
Date: 1/4/99 8:27 AM
I just knew I was in the wrong field! <VBG> I thought we became tech
writers because we wanted to be sailors but didn't know how to swim.
Bill Paine
Sr. Technical Writer
Lanier Worldwide
Wpaine -at- lanier -dot- com
<ENDSNIP>
I became a tech writer because I wanted to be a masseuse but I can't speak
French.
Heureaux nouvelle annee!
Marsha G. Kamish
Documentation Specialist
Landata Systems, Inc.
mkamish -at- stewart -dot- com
713-479-2571