RE: Just promoted to Sr. TW!

["Guy K. Haas" <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com>]

Well, sometimes the Senior Writer generates more heat than light.

Perhaps a different metaphor is called for...

--Guy K. Haas
  Software Exegete in Silicon Valley



On Thu, October 18, 2007 11:35 am, John Hedtke wrote:
> Well, ~mine~ do, as most anyone can tell you!  :)  "I'm a man of many
> facets; if I move too quickly, some of them take a while to catch up."
>
> Truthfully, I use "exothermic" in this venue to mean generating
> heat--enthusiasm--in others around you.  It is not enough that one
> gets the job done; senior writers should inspire their co-workers to
> be enthusiastic and to get their jobs done, too.
>
>
> At 11:06 AM 10/18/2007, Dan Goldstein wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: John Hedtke
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:36 PM
>> > To: Michelle Vina-Baltsas; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> > Subject: Re: Just promoted to Sr. TW!
>> >
>> > ... Senior writers should show initiative for
>> > developing projects and ideas, take the lead on things,
>> > and try to be exothermic.
>> >
>>
>>What makes a writer "exothermic"? Do your molecules have looser bonds
>>than other writers?

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