On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>
wrote:
> Tim Mantyla wrote:
>
> > <rant on>
>
> <snip>
>
> > <rant off>
>
> I started to respond point by point -- noting, for instance, that I
> don't "equate professionalism with working over 40 hours" (and rarely do
> so), and that here in Colorado's telecom industry (right next door to
> Utah, and you're allowed to emigrate), the salary gap between
> programmers and tech writers is not large (and in some cases
> nonexistent). But I have neither the time nor the energy to tackle the
> many, many claims in that rant that deserve to be addressed.
>
> I'll just leave it at this: Apparently, you're trapped in a terribly
> hostile, depressing, and bleak society where you're continually
> repressed and exploited by people who enjoy inflicting pain and
> suffering on their workers and who can't even see that it's not in their
> own long-term interest to do so.
>
> Or maybe you're trapped inside a terribly bitter and angry mind.
>
> Either way, you have my sympathy.
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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