Re: RE: Portfolio For a New Tech Writer?

[Christine -dot- White -at- equant -dot- com]

Jane Carnall writes:

>Interestingly, the writer mentions that "an interview standard" is asking
>interviewees to describe how they'd make a peanut butter sandwich. In the
>UK, the standard is "how to make a cup of tea?"

Just shows cultural differences in what we value most. :) Me, I prefer a
PBJ (peanut butter and jelly -- in the jam sense of the word, not the Jello
gelatin sense . . .). How to make a decent cup of cafe au lait could be
another good one!

Brgds/ Christine

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