Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/24
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On 24 Jul 99, Erwin Puts wrote, at least in part:
It's posts like this one that so endear Erwin to me. Committed as I
am to the capitalistic scheme of things, I couldn't have said it
better.
> This is a remarkable train of thought. I am writing for five or six
> magazines and get paid nothing or the same fee per page. Still I
> strive to deliver high quality work, based on extensive time
> consuming testing. It is no excuse for shoddy work to blame the low pay.
> If the fee is too low, do not accept the offer. Every writer/journalist
> should have its own standards of professionalism, and keep to them
> disregarding what you get paid. If you agree with the fee, then you have
> only one option: deliver to the best you can. If you won't deliver for the
> money, find yourself a better paid job.
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
Success in politics often requires
rising above your principles.