FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do

[Condo, Candis]

I could not agree MORE, John. Yup, I know that many of the reasons that
apply to others do not apply to me (I'm happily single and child-free --
unless you count my fur-kids) and I too enjoy making the doc better. It
helps that I live less than two miles from the office and that I have a
great home office and a company-provided laptop. I am currently porting
our Frame files to Flare 2.5 and it's been a ton of work. Yes, I work
more than 40 hours a week. Yes, I do have a life (very active in canine
rescue) but I like what I do for a living.

Oh, it helps that I don't watch television.

So, I won't criticize those walking out the door at 5:03 but I would
appreciate it if you kept your snide remarks ("You need to get a life."
Or "Don't ever love a company because it never loves you back.") to
yourselves as you are walking out that door.

Thanks. I feel a lot better now.

Cheers,

Candis L. Condo

P.S. I sneak the dog into my cube at night. Don't tell anyone.

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Of John Posada
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:29 AM
To: Chris Borokowski; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Re: FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do

>Everywhere I have worked, I have found that those who work more than 40
>hours a week are doing something less efficiently than they should.

Chris...that's a very small, limited, short-sighted, condesending
opinion for a condition that can have any number of legitimate answers.
It also sounds like it's coming from someone who believes that anyone
who doesn't conduct their life the exact same way is obviously
experiencing a reduced quality of life.

For the most part, except for maybe the last week or two before a
deadline 2-3 times a year, I get done what I have to get done in 40
hours or less. However, I want to do more than that. I want to be better
than that. I don't have a problem putting in another 10 hours or more
per week addressing new programs, learning new stuff, reworking existing
stuff. It makes ME happy. 

I also don't form an opinion on those who hit the shutdown button at
5:03pm either unless they first verbalize the opinion that working more
than 40 hours is a symptom of poor work habits.

To the uninformed, I appear to be here at 8:45am and leave at 7pm or 8pm
working like a dog. I also live 9 minutes from the office, so when I
leave at 7:30pm, I'm getting home about the same time as those who leave
at 5:30 and have to commute two hours, not an unknown condition around
here.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
 
"They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever.
So far, so good."
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