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RE: Typing Requirement in a Tech Writing Ad - How to respond?
Subject:RE: Typing Requirement in a Tech Writing Ad - How to respond? From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
> If I were
> hiring someone and they said BTW, I type 120 wpm,
> would it be a + on their list? Sure.
Funny, I'd question why they thought it important
enough to bring up unsolicited. To me, boasting about
typing speed or suggesting it's a good quality in a
good technical writer is very weird. As someone else
already pointed out today, as a technical writer we
think at the keyboard, and more time is spent
formulating/researching what we're going to type
instead of spent actually typing. That kinda renders
the wpm "plus" moot, no?
> I can't THINK faster
> than 20 wpm anyway.
LOL! Depending on how the day goes and how the
previous night went, sometimes it's hard to think up
to 20 wph! LOL!
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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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