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Added Venn diagram to «tomorrow» section

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Kenneth John Odle 2024-07-20 21:24:07 -04:00
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%% Just for Issue #005 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{outlines}
\usepackage{tikz}
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@ -405,6 +406,26 @@ Fortunately there there's a sweet spot in all of that that is small but doable.
Technical writing—that is, writing instruction manuals and work instructions and translating what the chemists and engineers wrote into something that regular people can understand—is what I need to do do because it lands smack dab in the middle of this Venn diagram:
\begin{center}
\scalebox{0.8}{ % begin scalebox
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) ellipse (50mm and 15mm);
\draw (0,0) ellipse (15mm and 50mm);
\draw[rotate around={45:(0,0)}] (0,0) ellipse (15mm and 50mm);
\draw[rotate around={45:(0,0)}] (0,0) ellipse (50mm and 15mm);
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=1.4] at (0,0) {Technical Writing};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (0,3.5) {Things I'm Good At};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (0,-3.5) {People Will Pay You To Do This};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (3.5,0) {Things That Don't Bore Me};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (-3.5,0) {Not Entirely Selling My Soul};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (2.5,2.5) {Teaching};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (-2.5,2.5) {Something I Like Doing};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (2.5,-2.5) {Writing};
\node[align=center, text width=2cm, scale=0.8] at (-2.5,-2.5) {Improving People's Lives};
\end{tikzpicture}
} % end scalebox
\end{center}
That's what I'm shooting for. I'm a good writer and I'm a good teacher, so it makes sense to try to put these things together.
The problem is that while I've pretty much spent my life doing technical writing, my resume doesn't reflect that. I have always been a jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none so I need to make sure my cover letter reflects that. We shall see how it goes.\footnote{I have a lot to save about this, but I'll hold my tongue for now.}