erika you have my sympathies about the cable service. I'm not sorry we aren't paying for it here.

It had been fairly decent, then we bought "the bundle" and now it isn't.

Yay, smonster! It sounds like it will be a better place to work without said project "manager."

It's above my knowledge base, I think. We'll see.

They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert. What editors can do is make sure the sentences have all their parts and the parts agree. They can also look for occasions when the writer says, "As mentioned above, widget A..." and there's no previous mention. I don't think it hurts to indicate that you think some portion needs clarification from the author.

Go, baby, go!

They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert. What editors can do is make sure the sentences have all their parts and the parts agree. They can also look for occasions when the writer says, "As mentioned above, widget A..." and there's no previous mention. I don't think it hurts to indicate that you think some portion needs clarification from the author.

Ginger said what I was trying to say, only better. And I'm sure it's all less awful in the light of day and with less headache. :)

I' m hoping everyone has a nice calm Friday.

Congratulations,smonster

It's not the cable, so much as...where's all the special treatment people think I get that makes me such a sweet, simple, soul(of course I totally fail at that too.)

They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert.

No, they do actually want people with PhDs (or PharmDs, whatever). I think my resume made it through their first round because of how much experience I have. But I think I fall short on the knowledge side.

I'm not bagging on myself and my abilities; I know what I can do, and do well. But I don't actually have a PharmD.

I'm going to do the editing test to the best of my abilities and see how it shakes out.

No, they do actually want people with PhDs (or PharmDs, whatever)

Yeah, but having met a lot of PhDs...how many of them are actually good editors? I'm guessing vanishingly few.

I applied for a job at a library on the basis of my ten years in catalog upgrading, and I got a very nice personalized letter back saying they wished they could hire me but they were locked into getting someone with a masters of library science. Apparently there had been comments of "She would understand the computers! And know what we were talking about!"

I think there's a niche out there for interpreters between the computer people and the non-techies. I remember a nerd quiz like that.

I do appreciate the support, guys! I'm really NOT saying "I am the worst editor ever; no, I have no right to even call myself an editor because my communication skills are one step above an amoeba! Why, WHY am I even trying to get work in the field I've been in for 18 years? I am worthless!!!"

I'm just saying, "Wow, I didn't expect this level of clinical depth. This is the kind of manuscript I would give to my boss if I got one," because I *did.* Some articles were above my knowledge base, and I passed them on to my boss because she could edit them.

I'm probably not articulating well. The position isn't just a punctuation-and-grammar editing position; it's content-based as well, which is why they want PhDs.

The fact that I'm taken aback by the level of the content isn't a disparagement on my skills. They want more than a comma wrangler. And that's okay.