assessing a lone-writer gig

["Sydney Compson" <sydney -dot- compson -at- gmail -dot- com>]

hi there,

I am getting ready to interview for a lone-writer gig at a 30-person
startup, and I am wondering if anyone has tips on questions to ask -- or if
you have tips on determining whether it's going to be too much of a
sweatshop.

Here are a few questions I've already thought of for them:

* What deliverables would I be expected to provide in the first two weeks?
In the first month?

* Why have you waited five years to hire a writer? And what assessments have
you done to make you think you need only one writer?

* What sort of training would you provide to me if I signed on to this job?
What would be the structure of this training and who specifically would
provide it?

* If you asked me to deliver, say, 5 specific deliverables in a given month,
and I told you that only 3 were do-able, what would your reaction be? In
other words, would I be considered the authority on how long it takes to
create documentation?

If anyone has any feedback on these questions, or if you have additional
suggestions, I'd be most grateful.

Thanks!!
sydney
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