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Subject:Re: Misguided Love From:v2cdisrc -at- us -dot- ibm -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 3 May 2000 14:53:19 -0500
Andrew Plato writes:
"A true professional can produce beauty from any tool. Only incompetent
people
blame their tools for their inability to excel. What you use to produce a
document should be irrelevant. The content is what matters."
This statment Andrew made brought to mind a question I've had for a while?
The question is sort of a tangent to Andrew's post. But don't worry, it's
not about the meaning of truth : )
Though I'm not looking for a job right now, I've always wondered how I
would handle the following scenario:
You see an job ad for a technical writer. As with all job ads, it has a
list of requirements. You happen meet all the requirements but one:
MUST have 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE with AdobeSoft WordMaker.
You are an expert in the technology that company specializes in. But you
don't 3 years experience with AdobeSoft WordMaker. And other than that, you
feel you are more than capable to handle the job.
Would you apply for the position or not?
Just curious to see what the List would do.
Samuel R Choy
CDI Information Technologies
What few opions I have are my own and not CDI's or IBM's
