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> Also, IMHO, my goal (Dood's goal) does not get in the way of doing a
> great job, of being professional, of being the best technical author
> your company could want ... the two go together hand-in-hand.
Right. My family requires my support. This drives my motivation and
ambitiousness (? - sorry, working on finishing my first cup of coffee
this morning) at work. That pays off in my paycheck, which goes back
to my family. I love what I do, and of course I love my family. The
two work hand in hand to ensure I do the best job possible, what's
best for my company, which helps me provide as best possible for my
family.
> I would add to Dood's definition one other thing that is more and more
> important to me, "Job Satisfaction."
No contention there. Job satisfaction plays right into motivation and
ambition. Without job satisfaction, it's very difficult to complete
the circle I described above without there being some "burn" or
"churn" in there somewhere.
> Actually, I think it was talked about and around ... in particular, I
> think we were discussing Microsoft identifying never (or was it
> seldom) used documentation topics and deleting them.
Ah, I think I do recall that now. But, that implies that the info was
written. ;-) Also, there's a difference between documenting everything
and delivering what's being used. I don't recall who posted that
scenario, but by the same token, is there evidence that info that was
omitted due to measured non-use may have been added back in upon user
request?
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