Rant

["Jon Steiner" <jon -at- htmhell -dot- com>]

I've been going on interviews for tech writing jobs in NYC, and I am
wondering: 

Are there any tech writing jobs anymore in which employers will just let you
do your job and write a freaking website/manual? Every interview I've been
on it's been about 'vision' and drinking the company kool-aid and such. (The
industry in NYC that is the paragon of this is Wall Street, where apparently
these people think they can do no wrong for the sole reason that they're
making a profit.) These are temp positions, whereas the company management
doublespeak has (in my 8 years experience) been reserved for actual
employees (who, IMHO, are paid to take this.)

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that, with outsourcing and everything,
the turkey may be done. Should I just pack it in and open a hotdog stand? Or
are there some jobs out there in which you are 'left alone' to create a
decent product?

I guess after 8 years I am now an old-timer, and I just needed to rant. -J


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