Getting Up To Speed On A Contract Assignment

Subject: Getting Up To Speed On A Contract Assignment
From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:38:05 -0700 (PDT)

I guess tech writers do a wide variety of things. I have been on a contract assignment for over seven months and am just now starting to make a contribution. Up till this time, I spent most of my time just trying to learn the As-Is situation.

Richard "Introspective" Lewis

Mike Starr <mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:
if I hired a writer and they took two weeks to get up to speed, I'd seriously question my interviewing skills.



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