Learning on the job
Posted by Samar | Posted in Freelancing | Posted on 25-05-2009
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I’ve had this thought about a thousand times already. I love freelancing for what it teaches me on the job. In a given week, I learn about at least 3 new topics. Not to mention the various skills I keep learning!
I’ve started listing the new topics I learn about on a piece of paper. This week alone, I’ve learned about dogs and their various accessories, cloud computing and mobile/facebook applications development.
Needless to say, the diversity of the topics I can learn on a given day is exhilirating!
What topics/subjects have you learned about this week?
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Learning is one of the things I love about my writing field. I’ve recently worked on a booklet on how to lessen your environmental impact for an environmental science textbook, and I’ve also worked with on PowerPoint presentations for an atmospheric science textbook.
But I especially love the history projects. There are always things I don’t know about history (or have forgotten), and I get to travel mentally to other countries in other times.
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I totally agree. One of my favorite things about freelancing is that I learn all these little things that my someday characters in my someday novels will know. I may not like writing about lawnmowers, but someday I’ll be writing a character that needs to know that information. : > )
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@ John – I’m extremely intrigued by the type of writing you do. Writing for textbooks would put so much pressure on me. The weight of the education of thousands of kids…
I love getting business related projects. They just make so much sense to me.
@ Writer Dad – Hehe, I don’t particularly enjoy about writing dogs and their collars but its information. And you’re right! Who knows when a character of mine would be a dog
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Sounds like somebody needs a puppy!
What a terrific question! Because I am in information professional, I am asked to locate specifics about every topic imaginable. Just recently I signed on with two clients – one is a motivational speaker/writer and the other is the CEO of a home health care training company. I’ve learned about martial arts books out-of-print and how Japanese and Chinese martial arts are very different. I’ve learned that bio-remediation (taking skanky water and making it potable) is an up and coming science that will soon make an impact on our world. Oh my, I’ve learned many things – one reason I am an information professional is because I have an insatiable curiosity about the world and my clients provide me projects that keep me learning.
As for writing? Well, all that I learn can only help my writing. Now to get it less formal
I tend to write like I speak and I’ve been told that both are too formal.
Oh, and I could use a puppy, too! Shhh, don’t tell hubby…I miss having a dog around the house.
This week I learnt about Cube analysis, Fund performance forecasting, learnt about the business structure of a large insurance company, and learnt that people ask you the same question for 9 weeks in a row because they dont write the answer down in the first place!
Hi Samar,
I found you through your comments on menwithpens…I tried to subscribe through My Yahoo but it’s giving me an error…
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@ Charlene – That’s great! You’ve given me a new topic to google
Everyone speaks differently. Just tell them that that’s how you speak, hence, that’s how you write 
@ John – Ah, the only pet I’ve ever had were parrots. Not the speaking kind. The smaller, more colorful ones. Must have something to do with living in apartments that don’t allow four legged pets.
@ cookie – Lol! Dare I say poor you? I was never good at finance. Totally with you on writing down the answers. With so many things grabbing our attention it’s important to write down the stuff we want to remember later.
@ kaushik – Welcome to The Base. I’m not sure why you’re getting that problem. Try the feedburner link and let me know if it works.
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