I took my first real vacation in five years this year (I went to Maui with a
friend). Totally needed that vacation, but work was still hectic when I got
back. Then I took off 10 days during the holidays, and I'm actually feeling
a bit more rejuvenated. Work is still going to be crazy busy, but
I look at it this way. If it weren't for my career as a technical
writer, I wouldn't be able to afford my other hobbies.
Bingo! As I've said to many people in the past: work to live, don't
live to work.
--
Bill Swallow
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Blog: http://techcommdood.com
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Not everyone wants to work to live.
Well, ok, I'll grant you that. Sometimes work and life coexist
peacefully, and if you're lucky both are one and the same (in a good
way). And if you're even luckier, you can bypass work completely. ;)
Lately I have been feeling that I owe
it to myself to
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Kat Kuvinka katkuvi...@hotmail.com wrote:
Not everyone wants to work to live. Lately I have been feeling that I owe it
to myself to find a job that I love. After tech writing for 20 years, I often
feel like I am going around in circles or worse. My last job
Suzette Leeming wrote:
What if you were a non-Christian and didn't celebrate the holidays?
Who says non-Christians don't celebrate holidays? One of my relatives, who
goes to church on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, hasn't celebrated
Christmas in nearly 10 years and totally ignores most of the
Well, I introduced my company to the wonders of mandelbrot at Hanukah.
Their response: Yummy!
Jack DeLand :: information design implementation
On 1/4/2010 5:36 PM, Al Geist wrote:
Suzette Leeming wrote:
What if you were a non-Christian and didn't celebrate the holidays?
On Monday, January 04, 2010, Jack DeLand wrote:
Well, I introduced my company to the wonders of mandelbrot at Hanukah.
Their response: Yummy!
You guys are either really nerdy or cannibals ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set
Perhaps there's another definition?
:) Dana W.
Otherwise known as the Jewish biscotti. See
http://www.cookies-in-motion.com/Mandelbrot-Cookies.html.
(I grew up on mandelbrot cookies... before I ever learned what a biscotti
was!)
...sue
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Dana Worley d...@campbellsci.com wrote:
On Monday, January 04, 2010,
On Monday, January 04, 2010, Sue Heim wrote:
Otherwise known as the Jewish biscotti. See
http://www.cookies-in-motion.com/Mandelbrot- Cookies.html.
I found that eventually, too, but I like the first definition better :)
Dana W.
***
Dana Worley
Software Product
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Jack DeLand jdela...@comcast.net wrote:
Well, I introduced my company to the wonders of mandelbrot at Hanukah.
Their response: Yummy!
Which is the response in my company when Ashraf brings in baklava and
other goodies to celebrate the end of Ramadan. His wife
I'm a little late to the party but... I firmly believe that you get what you
pay for. And that goes for the career, too. If you walk around with a chip
on your shoulder, people will respond that way.
I *will* say that it's been years and years since I've worked in a company
where what I do was
Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time at your company Raj. I have
been lucky in that with the exception of working for one of the auto
companies in the late 1960s (shortly after graduating high school), I've
always been treated as a valuable member of a team. I will admit that this
is
I wouldn't say it's ridiculous and thankless, but it is just a fact of
corporate life that some functions will be more highly valued. If I had
only limited funds and could retain either a tech writer or an engineer,
I would have to choose the engineer. We may tell people how to make
the
It can be if you let it, but so can any job. I have heard this same complaint
from mechanical engineers working at mostly electronics companies, and from
software engineers working at places where software is not the primary product.
And imagine what life was like for auditors at mortgage
Yes Raj, things can be frustrating when you are a technical writer, but
things can be equally frustrating in many other jobs. Other people have
already replied to you and pointed out that individuals often don't
realise how much control they can have over their careers, and that
applies to
There's no organization comparable to the AMA for tech writers because
the two professions are totally dissimilar -- not only in people's
subjective view of them, but also in their objective natures.
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