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Subject:Re: Using the Sunday paper From:"Shelly M. LaRock" <smlarock -at- MTU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 16 Mar 1995 13:25:11 EST
> On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Marcia Coulter wrote:
> > As a free-lancer, I use the want ads in the Sunday paper all right, but
> > I look for companies hiring programmers -- on the assumption that if
> > they need them, eventually they'll need me too. Works pretty well,
> > actually.
Then it's OK to do this? I've sent resumes out to companies
that I know hire tech writers (but weren't hiring at the time),
but I haven't sent out any for ads looking for programmers.
However, I do keep all of the programmer ads I find (which,
by the way, usually cover several pages in the paper, compared
to the 10 or 12 tech writer ads), but until now it's just been to
get a better idea of the types of software out there now so I
know what most writers are documenting, which programming languages I
should know, etc.
