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Subject:RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:54:22 -0400
Debra...How do I approach this selection if the single project is for 6
months. I spend hundreds of hours, but maybe only 50% of my time. Would this
have given a more accurate perspective if it was based on percentage of the
time in the project, not absolute hours?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
"Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"
-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah S. Ray [mailto:debray -at- raycomm -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:34 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
Hi gang!
I've updated the TECHWR-L Poll with a new question:
How many hours per technical writing project do you
spend in direct user contact?
* None
* 1 to 5 hours
* 6 to 10 hours
* 11 to 15 hours
* 16 to 20 hours
* 21 to 25 hours
* 26 to 30 hours
* 31 to 35 hours
* More than 35 hours
* Other/none of the above
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