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→Fame, Fortune, and Technical Writing by: Dru Lavigne
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''Earn Money''
You have to know what your goal is. Is your writing a hobby, a career, or a means to an end. You should re-evaluate your volunteer to paid ratio every 6-12 months. If you want yo to make money, you should probably cut down on the volunteer work. '''If you are entering the field expect to pay you'r dues.''' This means that you will need to start by writing free reviews.
Dru Lavigne also talked about helping your fellow writers. You can do this by introducing them to editors and publishers. You can invite them to co-write an article or book with you, and even invite them to speak at conferences.
I found this talk very interesting, I always tried to minimize my web presence with the mentality that employers don't like seeing drunken facebook photos. I never thought about the amount of free advertising you can get by publishing stuff on the web. It's like volunteering from home.
==[http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/node/115 Ranking the Bugs: Predicting Which Bugs Will Get Fixed] by: Diederik van Liere==