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"Peter" <pnewman1 -at- optonline -dot- net> wrote in message news:223810 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> John Posada wrote:
>
> > At the same time, I understand that none of my stuff is the
> > best damn stuff ever produced, and therefore, I'm not the
> > best damn writer ever born. However, I want to be and I know
> > to be so requires work.
> >
> > Don't we all believe that?
> >
> > So...what's wrong with me wanting each of my documents to be
> > "the best damn piece of documentation you've ever seen"?
> >
>
> Nothing so long as your ego doesn't interfere with your ability to lose
> sight of the goal, listen, learn and produce work.
>
And would you like your shoes shined as well, sir?
See and be seen, that's our job? I don't think so. The goal is to make the
company successful, which is done by making the product--all of it,
including the user assistance--as "best" as possible. (Unless you have a
whiz-bang sales and marketing team that overwhelms potential customers with
mediocrity or a monopoly that keeps existing customers in a stranglehold.)
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