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Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?
Subject:Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career? From:"John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:11:32 -0400
Actually, I don't think it's technical writing he doesn't value, but
our ridiculous babbling about the poll, and he's right.
On 8/7/08, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:
> Lauren wrote:
>
> "I take it from the recent poll question that the Tom Johnson does not value
> technical writing very much. From the phrasing of his poll questions, I
> take it that he does not value clear writing very much. I thought his site
> was supposed to be supportive of writing. I guess not."
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President
'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
-- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager
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