Re: rocket science!

jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) wrote in
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> In article
> <a2a94d3b-e079-4c24-92a0-f327f3934316@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> m>, 
>  <johan.g.larson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>From a discussion of Andrew Burt's campaign for SFWA President:
>>
>>"Besides, one hardly has to be a big time writer to understand
>>the industry and to work effectively within that industry to
>>address the most important issues. It's not rocket science."
>>
>>Is it more difficult to become a professional writer than a
>>rocket scientist? There's certainly more competition for the
>>writing job. 
>>
>      As I recall, the Shuttle uses one technician per kilogram
>      of 
> payload, more or less. That right there will get you about an
> order of magnitude more people than belong to SFWA.

Yeah, but that's the opposite of competition. Competition is when 
there are lost more people for very few jobs, see?

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