Building experience--quit after six months or tough it out?

[Victoria Wroblewski]

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pairman
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:47 AM
To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Building experience--quit after six months or tough it out?

>  This means that each week I put in 150-200% of the hours I'm paid
for. 

That sentence, alone, gives you the answer.  Run.

I don't know why tech writers, more than some other tech professionals,
seem to put up with conditions like that a lot.  I understand that the
nature of what we do often leads to crunch times and the need to put in
some extra hours sometimes, but it should not be a regular thing unless
you are being fairly compensated.   

And heck... if you are working hours like that, shouldn't it count for
at least 9-12 months job experience?  

- V

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