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I'm with Mike. I hate "process". I can work with a team but don't really
like having to be the decision maker -- just tell me what you want written,
who the SME is, and leave me alone and I'll make it happen. I can't think
of a job I'd be less interested in than project manager! However, I would
be hesitant to call myself a loser just because I'm 46 and not a manager.
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Jodie Gilmore
Fulcrum Communications, LLC
Washougal, WA
www.fulcrumcomm.com
"Did you wake up this morning thinking the world wasn't going to be
different?"
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I'm one of those... I love being a technical writer and have absolutely no
desire to be a manager. The only way I'd consider it would be if I was
brought in as the only technical writer for a small company and growth force
me to bring in someone else to help me. Whenever I interview, I make it a
point to state that I'm not particularly interested in a move to management
and that I love my career.
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Sarah Stegall wrote:
> Amen to that, Gene. To some managers, a tech writer over forty who has
> never been a manager spells "loser".
>
> I don't like managing people. I'm no good at it. I like sitting in my
> cubby working on documents, or interviewing my SMEs, or talking to
> translators on the phone. I like the challenge of a new suite of
> documents, or learning new tools (YAY). I even like meetings. But
> hiring/firing people, mediating disputes, or managing a budget? No, no
> and hell no.
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