Re: How did you handle your most difficult project as a TW?

[David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk>]

My "running-away-to-join-a-clown-school" moment involved leaving a safe,
steady, tenured, pensionable, undemanding, (but soul-destroying) government
job to enter the uncertain but exciting world of the tech writer. Every tech
writing job since then has had its challenges and rewards, and nothing
surprises me any more.

David

On 1 August 2011 14:27, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:

> I'm sort of stole the title of this thread from another list (
> http://www.techcommpros.com/), because it is appropriate for us, too.
>
> What is the most difficult project you've done as a tech writer, and how
> did you handle it? For instance:
>
>
> *         Were you scheduled to give an informal presentation to your work
> group, only to have your manager's boss drop in?
>
> *         Has a project had an impossible deadline that was delivered with
> a straight face, while your jaw dropped to the floor?
>
> *         Has a project made you want to drop everything and run away to
> clown school?
>
>
>
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