- Technical author
- Managing director
- Accountant
- Marketing executive
- IT purchaser
- Network manager
- Bid writer
- Cleaner
It was only after I had been in business for a few months that my multidisciplinary role became apparent...at which point I started to panic!
In January 2009, my outlook started to change. I enrolled onto the mentoring scheme run by East Midlands Development Agency, and almost simultaneously I read an article in the ISTC Communicator entitled "A day in the life of Mike Unwalla". In his article Mike described how he spent a considerable part of his day carrying out "business development" activities, something which I had always struggled to reconcile. Suddenly I was able to see that I was running a (successful) business and that I wasn't "just" a technical author for lots of different companies.
With the help of my business mentor, I have developed my "non-authoring" skills and now I see myself not just as a technical author, but also as a successful business owner. The client list continues to grow, so I must be doing something right both as an author and a business owner. However, I still think the mark of my true success will only be seen when I can farm some of my new found job titles out to others! Roll on that day!