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Subject:Re: Fend off the writer From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 May 2002 05:10:46 -0700 (PDT)
> While John Posada is probably assuming the problem must be me
> because I've
> seen this in several workplaces, I believe it's just another
> example of
> documentation having a low priority. The company I'm with now
> prides itself
> on being able to develop and deliver on an "aggressive schedule"
> which
> sounds great until you realize that they are making sacrifices that
> they don't acknowledge.
Maybe that's the difference...I cannot think of the last place that I
worked where documentation was a low priority.
I've been at places where documentation STARTED as low priority, but
within a reasonable period of time, that mind-set changed. Maybe they
thought so because up to that point, it was never proven to them that
it should be considered otherwise. When you jave a history of
receiving material that doesn't add value, you begin to think that it
doesn't. Start seeing value in it and you start to realize that it
DOES have value.
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John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
"I'm not flying...I'm falling with style"
---Buzz Lightyear
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Resume: http://www.tdandw.com/Resume_Posada_050502.doc mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com, 732-259-2874
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