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RE: question from an ex-contractor re: executive freakouts
Subject:RE: question from an ex-contractor re: executive freakouts From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:10:11 -0400
> At my current company, I hear almost weekly stories about one of the
> executive partners freaking out on someone. And some of the
> stories are
> ridiculous. Last week, the CEO had a tantrum at a trade show
> about what
> restaurant the team would to go to. Every week, there's some
> story about one of them freaking out on someone.
> Is this the norm for tech writers out there? Do most software
> CEOs lose
> control of themselves on a regular basis? Have I been working
> in a bubble
> all these years? I thought I was a seasoned veteran of the
> working world but now I'm starting to wonder.
Brian...you are making an assumption that it happened and how it happened
based on someone else's interpretation of what happened. You will get along
with everyone better if you don't make assumptions about an event until you
experience it first hand. Remember...people love to take a minor story and
turn it into an event...makes them feel that they're are on the inside.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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