RE: 40-hour weeks

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Get cracking Dori...I think you have yourself another Harry Pottereque 
series in the making :)

Melissa


>From: Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>
>Reply-To: steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com
>To: richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com, melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com,  
>techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>And it could be a series, "The care and feeding of..."
>with various industries and relationships represented.
>:)
>
>--- richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com wrote:
>
> > " The care and feeding of SME's...I LOVE IT!! Sounds
> > like a million dollar
> > selling book to me! :)"
> >
> > LMAO, and I agree, this is a New York Times best
> > seller for sure  ;-)
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> >
>techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >
>[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]
> > On Behalf Of Melissa Nelson
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:30 AM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks
> >
> > The care and feeding of SME's...I LOVE IT!! Sounds
> > like a million dollar
> > selling book to me! :)
> >
> > Melissa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>
> > >To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> > >Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks
> > >Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:27:12 -0400
> > >
> > >Melissa Nelson wrote:  wanna form a support group?
> > :)
> > >
> > >*********************
> > >
> > >It's called STC, the official support group for
> > writers struggling to get
> > >the doggone info.  I did a presentation at our
> > local chapter's spring
> > >conference on care and feeding of (and info
> > extraction from resistant)
> > >SMEs.
> > >
> > >Dori Green
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> > > >To: Kevin McLauchlan
> > <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>,TECHWR-L
> > > ><techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> > > >Subject: RE: 40-hour weeks Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007
> > 07:44:32 -0700 (PDT)
> > > >
> > > >Only about 20% of my time per week is productive
> > - that includes analysis
> > > >(i.e., learning).   Where does the rest of the
> > time go?   In my current
> > > >assignment, I am driving enterprise-wide
> > integration efforts (i.e., I am
> > > >doing a bunch of essential data flow diagrams).
> > I have to talk with a
> > > >large number of analysts, managers, etc to tie
> > their automation efforts
> > > >together.  (Their documentation of what they are
> > doing is largely
> > >useless:
> > > >I want to know what they are doing, and all they
> > ever want to document is
> > > >how they are doing what they are doing.)
> > > >
> > > >   Soooooo much time is wasted in trying to get
> > answers to my questions
> > > >(i.e., not on learning, but in getting the
> > learning inputs).   There are
> > > >two main reasons for this:
> > > >
> > > >   *  Most people spend just about all of their
> > time focused on things
> > >that
> > > >are either are non-relevant, or that should not
> > be considered until much
> > > >later in a project.   These people - often senior
> > level  - are basically
> > > >incapable of  answering questions about some of
> > the most important things
> > > >for which they are charged.
> > > >
> > > >   *  Some people are very turf conscious.   They
> > feel that if I know the
> > > >essentials of what they know that it subtracts
> > from their power base.
> > > >
> > > >   This is the way the work world works except in
> > some rare,
> > >highly-focused
> > > >efforts - people working 41 or MORE hours per
> > week focused on the trivial
> > >-
> > > >and taking forever to get some minor thing done.
> > > >
> > > >   Richard Lewis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> > > >   On Behalf Of Richard Lewis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I work a max of 40 hours a week. Of that, only
> > about 20% of my time is
> > > > > productive.
> > > >
> > > >Ah, but remember that old joke:
> > > >
> > > >Homeowner has plumbing problem and calls plumber.
> > > >Plumber arrives, surveys situation for a couple
> > of minutes, hauls out a
> > >big
> > > >pipe-wrench and hits the pipe hard.
> > > >"That'll be $200", sez the plumber.
> > > >The homeowner is outraged. "Whaddya mean $200!?
> > All you did was whack the
> > > >pipe! I could have done that!"
> > > >Plumber ponders for a few seconds, scribbles on a
> > pad and hands homeowner
> > > >an
> > > >itemized bill ~
> > > >"Hitting pipe ... $5.00
> > > >Knowing where to hit ... $195.00"
> > > >
> > > >At least some of that other eighty percent of
> > your time is where you
> > >learn
> > > >all about "where to hit". Yes?
> > > >
> > > >Kevin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >---------------------------------
> > > >Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!
> > > >Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for
> > today's economy) at Yahoo!
> > > >Games.
> > >
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