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Subject:Re: Advice/survey on professional development? From:rjstevenson -at- sprynet -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:41:39 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Thanks, everyone who provided advice for keeping a fresh perspective on my work. The compiled list included these suggestions:
Change jobs/industries
Participate in lively discussions, like TECHWR-L
Join groups of other writers: STC, NWU, local interest groups
Learn new stuff (frex: XML, Linux, etc.)
Job hunt
Mentor (see Techwr-l, STC)
Keep a weblog
Beware the "Peter Principle"
Pay attention to your passions
Talk to Personnel/HR/informal channels for opportunities
Don't worry about it so much
Guess I'll have to hunker down and think about it. :-) Thanks!
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