RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

Subject: RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness
From: "Sarah Stegall" <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:54:06 -0700

Mike:

I co-wrote three books, which spent several weeks on the NY Times Best
Seller list; my name is on the title page. They had nothing to do with
technology, but they got me my first technical writing assignment, from
a software manager who loved The X-Files. I can't see that they've done
much for me since then, at least not in the tech writing world.

As for writing books, are there any technical writers on this list who
*don't* have a Great American Novel in progress? All the ones I've
worked with over the last few years have one in the works. I'm on my
fourth.

Sarah

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Subject: Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

As someone who who got into this game very late, and who also shudders
at
the very idea of being a manager (with apologies to those who enjoy the
role), I have one piece of advice: Write a book with your name on it.


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Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Erik Hare
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Dana Worley
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Peter Neilson
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Dana Worley
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: McLauchlan, Kevin
Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Sarah Stegall
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Leonard C. Porrello
Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Gene Kim-Eng
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Sarah Stegall
Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Mike Starr
Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Mike McCallister

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