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Subject:RE: Portfolie... was Re: Am I experienced? From:"Rock, Megan" <Megan -dot- Rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:14:47 -0400
I'm curious how all of you get copies of things you've worked on in order to
put them in your portfolio. Didn't you sign a "non-disclosure" agreement
when you hired in? Isn't the stuff you work on considered proprietary and
confidential? Do you ask your corporate lawyer and your manager whether you
can make a copy of something in order to add it to your porfolio, or do you
just pocket the copies without asking?
I'd be interested in hearing from folks from small start-ups as well as
Fortune 500 companies. I'm curious whether the larger, more competitive
companies are fussier about letting their employees have copies of their
projects for their portfolios.
Megan E. Rock
Technical Writer, Product Information
FANUC Robotics North America, Inc.
Voice: 1.248.377.7948
E-mail: megan -dot- rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com
