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Subject:Re: The value of technical writers From:Layna Andersen <laynaa -at- CARECOMPUTER -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:36:45 +0000
> My current employee has said that I, as a Tech Writer/Electronic
> Publisher, means that I'll never be able to "advance" because writers are
> simply "production personnel."
>
> I should have been a Vet.....
You should, because if you were you'd be naming a wing of your building after
me and my aged cat! Did I ever mention the time, after much tedious work on
a product, I was heard to mumble in my sleep "I've got to finish writing field
descriptions for these cats..."
