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Jon Leer
Leer Technical Communications
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jleer=leertech -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
] On Behalf Of David Neeley
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 3:03 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Consultants
>
> I have worked for a number of companies in a consulting
> role--including a Fortune 50 firm. Often, there were multiple
> groups internally contending to have their particular project
> or solution accepted. There are some incredible internal
> politics at work--and these people never knew when someone
> who might hold a grudge would at some point wind up working
> with them--or even worse, might become their boss after one
> of their frequent re-orgs. (The particular company I'm
> thinking of is somewhat notorious for regular
> reorganizations--during the nearly seven years I worked with
> them they had one per year, on average. Without saying any
> names, it had five letters both beginning and ending in "X"...)
>
> Thus, a consultant was often engaged to put the blame on an
> outsider for anyone disgruntled because the solution they
> happened to back did not win the day.
>
> Quite often, projects I had could have been done in a small
> fraction of the time except for the incredible requirements
> for meetings with everyone and anyone. The major thing to be
> gained from this experience--don't work on a flat fee basis!
>
> Usually, the result of these assignments entailed a
> considerable amount of documentation--which is where the tech
> writing came in.
>
> David
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Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices. http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
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