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Give me something simple - like computer software documentation. Plus, the
pay is better.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rich, Charles [mailto:crich -at- FSC -dot- Follett -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:54 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: English Majors and Ex-Military
>As for the comment made about writing samples... yeah, standard government
>docs sit in the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
>At one time government standards dictated the style (flashbacks to AR 25-9
>and DoD-7935.A) and no... they weren't pretty. Most of my writing ended up
>locked in a vault... difficult to produce samples when working in a
>classified environment.
AR 25-9, DoD-7935.A, MARCS, whoa flashback. I haven't thought about military
documentation standards, security, and filing regs for about ten years.
Mommy, my head hurts.
Charles T. Rich
Technical Writer
Product Development
Follett Software Company
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