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Re: Important Stuff They Don't Teach In Tech Writing School Was Re: School vs experience...
Subject:Re: Important Stuff They Don't Teach In Tech Writing School Was Re: School vs experience... From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:26:42 -0700 (PDT)
Sue:
Firm due dates are OK, as long as we can compromise on
quality of work and/or quantity of work. If such
compromise is not permitted, then management is
immature.
Tony Markatos
--- Sue Ellen Colter <sea -at- best -dot- com> wrote:
>
> On 8/26/04 Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> >Nine of your ten rules I like; however, there is
> one
> >that I must comment on:
> >
> >"Deadlines are not movable targets. You're a
> >professional, not a hobbyist. You made a commitment
> -- keep your word."
> >
> >Tony Markos responds:
> >
> >Does this mean that quantity Of work and/or quality
> of
> >work are then always open to compromise? If not,
> get
> >ready for a ton of (free) overtime; which, whether
> we
> >choose to admit it or not here, has real limits.
Sue Ellen Colter wrote:
> As someone who has worked on many proposals, the
> deadline is not
> changeable. If you attempt to deliver the proposal
> five minutes late, it
> will be rejected.
>
> sue ellen
>
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