Definition of Technical Writer

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I just never got off the job lists for the local STC, and other sources...

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On 9/28/06, Joe Malin <jmalin at tuvox.com> wrote:
> Dunno. Could be that a bunch of stupid managers have passed over your
> resume because they're looking for the one person in 300 million who can
> do exactly what they want. They are never going to find this person, and
> meanwhile they are not getting any work done.
>
> Small comfort to you, but just remember: you didn't want to work at any
> of those places anyway.
>
> The light bulb is starting to go on here: even if I *love* my current
> position, I should update my resume and keep looking for work. That
> increases the chance that I'll have a position waiting if I ever need
> one. This is *not* the work model we want to hear, but I think it fits.
> I think we'll have to wait a long time before the market is so good that
> the people in the middle (and I count myself as one of them) can feel
> confident in getting something.
>
> We either have to push ourselves beyond our perceived limits, or face
> scrabbling over a smaller pool of positions with everyone else.
>
> Joe
>
> Joe Malin
> Technical Writer
> (408)625-1623
> jmalin at tuvox.com
> www.tuvox.com
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> Of Karen Murri
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:10 PM
> To: 'Bill Swallow'; 'Combs, Richard'
> Cc: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: RE: Definition of Technical Writer
>
>
>
> 'Splain to me, then, why I've been looking for 3 months and have only
> had
> one real interview - and that was for an instructional design job.
>
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