RE: David Pogue's column - New York Time

Subject: RE: David Pogue's column - New York Time
From: "Secara, Maggie" <MSecara -at- sjm -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:07:45 -0800


Is "hard" the same as "life threatening"?

Fact is, I don't think my job is hard. I think it's easy because I enjoy
doing it and do it well. It would be hard for someone else, perhaps. But
it pays what it pays not because it's easy or hard, but because it has
value to the person paying for it. Frankly, people who get shot at for a
living aren't paid enough, but that has nothing to do with how *I'm*
paid. It's not a contest.


Maggie
~Bio-physiology, now _that's_ hard.


> From: Johnson, Tom

>
> Okay techwriter, we'll give you cover fire while you run to
> the boss's office with the new instructions. Keep your head
> down so you don't get shot. If you survive, you can see your
> family in six months.
>
> The rest of you give me 20 push-ups and pull that Hummer out
> of that mud hole. When that's done, report for chow.
>
> Who has the easy job? Compared to marines who put their lives
> on the line, I'd say we have it pretty easy.
>

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