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- From: ahelmers@umiami.ir.miami.edu
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- Subject: Re: Is There A Mommy Track for Technical Professionals?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.220807.14384@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:08:07 EST
- References: <1993Jan19.061356.14467@fuug.fi> <1993Jan22.033624.531739@locus.com>
- Organization: Univ of Miami IR
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- In article <1993Jan22.033624.531739@locus.com>, judy@locus.com (Judy Tryer) writes:
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- > I also took a "grunt" project, which helped. No one else wanted the job,
- > I was doing it really REALLY well, and so they let me do it on my terms.
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-
- A comment--the above can be a very good piece of advice for a part-timer.
- Another post, from Maureen Busch, noted that often a PT worker doesn't get the
- same chance to shine on big, high-profile projects. So, Judy's advice in the
- category of "got lemons-make lemonade", is on the money.
-
- I did exactly this, took on a project that nobody else wanted to do. It came
- off very well and I got a lot of good PR from it. Actually, it came off so
- well that I get to do it again next year :), but that's okay.
-
- The point is, there are ways to make yourself valuable even if you are not
- willing to commit to being there 40 hours/week. And as Judy pointed out
- elsewhere in this post, a happy part-timer can be just as beneficial to the
- company.
-
- Ann Helemrs
-