The guide is in horrible shape. It is over a hundred pages and was written by a software developer who has no concept of writing a customer-facing document. As an example, his first paragraph has five instances of etc. This guide is both long and ugly.
Yesterday, my manager pinged me on our new messaging app at work. I don't like instant messaging when it comes to work. He had a discussion with his manager. He then asked me whether I have worked with this project manager and my ex before on deliverables that are separate from what I typically do. I have not.
I said that pretty much everyone reaches out to me because they know who I am and like the work that I do. My manager said something nice. He said that I have a good reputation and that I should be proud of it.
It's good to be helpful and nice. I am thankful that I do not have to work with my ex.
I feel that he recommended my name to this project manager because he wanted to burden me with this work. Rather, he needs someone who can fix up an ugly document and put some sense into it. It was my ex-guy's way of saying that I'm a decent writer.
I do appreciate that he has respected my wish for him to not contact me. I hope that he continues to honour it.
This was a good outcome, all things considered.
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Yes, the outcome worked out in my favour. My manager and his manager had thought about getting a freelancer to help out with the user guide, but she changed her mind and shot down my working on this guide. I am relieved that I won't be working with the ex.
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