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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 8:16:32, Joy_Owen -at- Dell -dot- com wrote:
>I'm asking because an engineer on my team wants me to put his name down to
>credit him for docs that he's worked on. These are all internal IT
>documents.
I have never worked for a company that identified either writers or
developers in any public documents. But ...
I always sign my books whether the company knows it or not. That I've
been doing it for nearly 20 years is proof of my continuing
immaturity.
I also encourage any writer who works for me to embed an "easter egg"
in any work that is substantially a single writer project.
FWIW Many years ago the Ad Council, or some similar group had a PSA
about quality. The slogan was something along the lines of, "Do your
work as if your name was on it." The ad I remember had a photo of a
hamburger on an open bun with the name Mike written in mustard.
I like the idea.
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