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Subject:RE: FW: New TECHWR-L Poll Quest From:"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:39:51 -0500
Connie,
I think you're asking the wrong question. It isn't that ALL writers are offended by being asked to take a test. It is that ALL narcissists, whether they are writers, programmers, brain surgeons, rocket scientists, or meat cutters, are offended by being asked to take a test.
I think most tech writers recognize the value to a prospective employer of weeding out the poseurs and are quite content to submit to reasonable testing to demonstrate objectively that they are who they say they are.
Dick
"Giordano, Connie" wrote:
>Whirlers:
>
>Damien's and others' answers indicate that developers often get tested for
>proficiency--which makes me wonder why so many tech writers are offended by
>writing tests. If the development staff takes some sort of test to prove
>their proficiency, what makes writers so special? And no, I don't mean "how
>to tie a shoe" type tests. I mean tests that show ability to grasp the
>overall concept of the product, write some basic procedural and conceptual
>information, and ask questions that demonstrate curiosity.
>
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