Re: Cold calling/off-site work (was Re: DISCUSS: Shortage oftechwriters?)

Subject: Re: Cold calling/off-site work (was Re: DISCUSS: Shortage oftechwriters?)
From: Jon Leer <jleer -at- LTC -dot- MV -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:20:27 -0400

You're right. That is the norm. For all of the far-out technology that
engineers think up, when it comes to hiring and finance, they tend to be on
the conservative side.

Jon

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> From: Nina L. Panzica <panin -at- MINDSPRING -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Cold calling/off-site work (was Re: DISCUSS: Shortage
oftechwriters?)
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 4:29 PM
>
> At 10:58 PM 1/14/98 +1100, Michael wrote:
> >JIMCHEVAL wrote:
> >
> >> ... By the way, you didn't mention where you are.
> >
> >But Jean's whole point was that, for teleworkers, location is
> >immaterial!
>
> Really? I've been a teleworker for nine years and in my experience,
> location, while not everything, is extremely material. Although it has
> happened once or twice, rarely are clients in another city willing to
work
> with me as a teleworker: I'm just too far away for comfort, I think. Most
> of my offsite work is done with clients in my own city: they feel safer,
I
> think, having me only a short commute away. Also, the majority of
> telecommuting writing jobs that I see advertised require the writer to
live
> in the same metro area as the client or employer.
>
> Nina P.
>
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