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Implant
Kmputor

Monday. I was dreading the end of the weekend, both because (like everybody else) I didn't want to go back to work and because on Friday morning I'd written my boss an e-mail that, having had three days to reflect on its contents, now seems rather rash.

Worse, I haven't heard peep back from him yet.

A little background: I work for a small, struggling software company, and I write for one of their Web sites, crafting copy designed to help partners sell my company's software to businesses. Yeah. Believe me, I almost fell asleep typing that last sentence.

Anyway, I've only been on this job for a month or so, but what I've noticed is that my boss pretty much rewrites everything I give him. Now, that means either I'm not qualified to do the job (depressing, but I'm a big boy, I can handle it) or he's all about making the site conform to his voice and how he thinks things should be worded. For example, when I write "Multiple resources...," he changes it to "An array of resources..."

On Friday, after enduring multiple an array of rewrites over the past week or two, I sent him this e-mail:

Judging from the amount of copy that was rewritten, I seem to be struggling with issues of tone and style, and that troubles me. My concern is that I'm putting too much of a burden on you to essentially re-craft the copy, and that the work I'm doing isn't adding much value. Am I not "getting" the voice of the site that's needed for these pages? Is my writing style too casual or too languid? Is my judgment about what to emphasize in the copy wildly off the mark?

Comparing the rewrites to my original copy has been helpful, but I'm trying to understand in a more holistic sense what I can do to adjust my voice to suit what's needed on the site--I'm wondering if it's that I'm accustomed to writing for customers (end users) and that writing for a business audience is a new challenge that will just take me a little more time to master.

I know you've got a lot on your plate, but any insight you can provide would be helpful. I'm committed to doing a great job here, and it pains me to think that I might not be meeting expectations.

Now that I read it again, what truly pains me is how puppy-like it sounds. Am I so damn eager to please that I can't call him to task for being too much of a micro-manager? Do I have to see everything as my fault? Or am I just trying to save my job? (A job I increasingly dislike.)

I didn't think adulthood would be this complicated. Can't I just play with my CDs instead of working?

Also today:

68:40 Atrium Carceri, Kapnobatai
68:40 U-Tek, Goldene Zeit 1989-1993
68:36 Decoded Feedback, Evolution
68:35 !Bang Elektronika, Aktivierung!
68:35 Dernière Volonté, Obeir et Mourir (CD 1 of 2)
68:35 :Wumpscut:, Bunker Gate Seven
68:32 Intermix, Future Primitives
68:32 The Last Influence of Brain, Illusions and Reality