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Subject:Re: The Worst Thing About Contracting From:joanne grey <j_grey -at- WRITEANGLES -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:36:22 -0700
"Kulis, Carene" wrote:
> I think the most important thing for us Tech Writers is that we are even
> able to discuss this. There are not many professions who are given the
> options we have. I could not be happier with the career I chose.
Excellent point. And even within the "contract-enabled" professions, I
think that technical communicators have more options.
The fact that we can earn a good living doing interesting work that is
as challenging as we'd like it to be is something that we sometimes
forget.
