The Great
Have You Got What It Takes To Be My Client
OBSTACLE COURSE
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Start Here > Step 1
Are you a scientist, doctor, engineer, inventor or software developer?
If no: Step 2
If yes: Step 3
If also yes: Step 4
Step 2
Then you probably don’t need me. That’s fine! No worries!
Step 3
Do you have a project, a product or a service to communicate?
If no: Step 2
If yes: Step 5
Step 4
Do you just need your paper corrected?
If yes: Step 6
If no: Step 3
Step 5
Is it a) bullshit or b) evil (just checkin’)?
If yes: Step 2
If no: Step 7
Step 6
That’s easy! send it right over!
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Step 7
Do you need to put it in writing, in English?
If yes: Step 8
If no: Step 2
Step 8
Is it really critical that people read the text, and act on it?
If yes: Step 9
If no: Step 7
Step 9
Is a) AI, b) your own writing or c) any cheap & cheerful translating/editing service good enough?
If yes: Step 2
If no: Step 10
Step 10
Do you know who you are writing it for? Do you have a picture of their
• knowledge and
• interests and
• needs?
If yes: Step 11
If “IDK, maybe I need help with this”: go to End
Step 11
Are you prepared to work with me in a slightly open-ended (you could call it agile) process, so that we can get this thing really right in the end?
If no: Step 12
If yes: Step 13
Step 12
Have you got some money for this?
If yes: go to End
If no: Step 14
Step 13
Then it might get a bit tricky, TBH
Step 14
I’d love to, but I gotta pay my bills, ok?
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